Foundations in Microbiology 9th Edition by Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess

Exercise 5

Critical thinking is the ability to reason and solve problems using facts and concepts. These question can be approached from a number of angles, and in most cases, they do not have a single correct answer.
a. Use the following statistics to make simple maps and graphs of the following three diseases. Determine which show endemic, sporadic, or epidemic patterns. Explain how you can determine each type.
b. Explain what would have to occur for these diseases to have a pandemic distribution.