Question

A disease which spread fast and infect large mumber of people is called

Answer 1

The disease which spread fast and generally infects a large number of people is known as EPIDEMIC disease.

Answer 2

Answer:

Any disease that spreads fast and infects large number of population is called epidemic.

Epidemic is the term used to define a disease which affects large number of people at the same time due its widespread property normally seen in a particular area, region or community.

This can be fatal, or cured or prevented with proper treatment.

For example- Severe Acute Respiratory syndrome (SARS) occured worldwide in the year 2003 and killed as many as 800 people.