Question: Which of the following is not an epidemic?
A Cholera
B Malaria
C Small pox
D Elephantiasis
Answer: Elephantiasis
| Name of Epidemic | Affected Region(s) | Disease | Description |
| Smallpox | Worldwide | Variola virus | · Devastating epidemics until the global eradication in 1980. |
| Justinian’s Plague | Eastern Roman Empire | Bubonic Plague | · Estimated to have killed millions of people worldwide.
· Contributed to the decline of the Byzantine Empire. |
| COVID-19 Pandemic | Worldwide | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome | · Ongoing pandemic with millions of cases and deaths worldwide |
| Malaria | Worldwide | Plasmodium parasites | · Millions of cases and hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. |
| The Black Death | Europe, Asia, North Africa | Bubonic Plague | · One of the deadliest pandemics in history; killed an estimated 75-200 million people. |
| Cholera | Globally | Vibrio cholerae bacteria | · Several pandemics throughout history |
| Spanish Flu | Worldwide | Influenza A (H1N1) | · Estimated to have infected 500 million people |
| AIDS | Global | Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) | · Ongoing pandemic, over 75 million people infected |
| SARS Epidemic | · Asia
· North America |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome | · Affected over 8,000 people with a fatality rate of about 10%. |