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Below is a directory of terms used in the debate about climate change and insect-borne disease. Most of the terms have been reproduced from the WHO, US Environment Protection Agency, the UN University Institute of Advanced Studies, the Center for International Forestry Research, and the Meridian Institute.

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Epidemic

An outbreak of a disease that affects a large number of individuals within a population or region at the same time. Compare to pandemic.

Epidemiology

The study of epidemics and the diseases that cause them, especially the factors that influence the incidence, distribution and control of infectious diseases.

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