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* ''[[The Decameron]]'', a 14th-century writing by Italian author [[Giovanni Boccaccio]], circa 1353 | * ''[[The Decameron]]'', a 14th-century writing by Italian author [[Giovanni Boccaccio]], circa 1353 | ||
* ''[[The Last Man]]'', an 1826 novel by [[Mary Shelley]] | * ''[[The Last Man]]'', an 1826 novel by [[Mary Shelley]] | ||
- | * ''[[Pale Horse, Pale Rider]]'', a 1939 short novel by [[Katherine Anne Porter]] | ||
* ''[[The Plague]]'', a 1947 novel by [[Albert Camus]] | * ''[[The Plague]]'', a 1947 novel by [[Albert Camus]] | ||
* ''[[Earth Abides]]'', a 1949 novel by [[George R. Stewart]] | * ''[[Earth Abides]]'', a 1949 novel by [[George R. Stewart]] | ||
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* ''[[The Black Death]]'', a 1977 novel by [[Gwyneth Cravens]] describing an outbreak of the Pneumonic plague in New York | * ''[[The Black Death]]'', a 1977 novel by [[Gwyneth Cravens]] describing an outbreak of the Pneumonic plague in New York | ||
* ''[[The Stand]]'', a 1978 novel by [[Stephen King]] | * ''[[The Stand]]'', a 1978 novel by [[Stephen King]] | ||
- | * ''[[And the Band Played On]]'', a 1987 non-fiction account by [[Randy Shilts]] about the emergence and discovery of the [[HIV]] / [[AIDS]] pandemic | ||
- | * ''[[Doomsday Book (novel)|Doomsday Book]]'', a 1992 time-travel novel by [[Connie Willis]] | ||
- | * ''[[The Last Town on Earth]]'', a 2006 novel by [[Thomas Mullen]] | ||
- | * ''[[World War Z]]'', a 2006 novel by [[Max Brooks]] | ||
- | * ''[[Company of Liars]]'' (2008), by [[Karen Maitland]] | ||
- | * ''[[The Passage (novel series)|The Passage trilogy]]'' by [[Justin Cronin]] with ''[[The Passage (Cronin novel)|The Passage]]'' (2010),'' [[The Twelve (novel)|The Twelve]]'' (2012), and ''The City of Mirrors'' (2016) | ||
- | * ''[[Station Eleven]]'', a 2014 novel by [[Emily St. John Mandel]] | ||
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- | '''Film''' | ||
- | * ''[[The Seventh Seal]]'' (1957), set during the [[Black Death]] | ||
- | * ''[[The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)|The Last Man on Earth]]'' (1964), a horror/science fiction film based on the [[Richard Matheson]] novel ''[[I Am Legend (novel)|I Am Legend]]'' | ||
- | * ''[[The_Andromeda_Strain_(film)|Andromeda Strain]]'' (1971), a U.S. science fiction film based on the 1969 [[science fiction]] novel by [[Michael Crichton]]. | ||
- | * ''[[The Omega Man]]'' (1971), an English science fiction film, based on the [[Richard Matheson]] novel ''[[I Am Legend (novel)|I Am Legend]]'' | ||
- | * [[And the Band Played On (film)|''And the Band Played On'' (film)]] (1993), a [[HBO]] movie about the emergence of the [[HIV]] / [[AIDS]] pandemic; based on the 1987 novel by [[Randy Shilts]] | ||
- | * ''[[The Stand (TV miniseries)|The Stand]]'' (1994), based on the eponymous novel by [[Stephen King]] about a worldwide pandemic of biblical proportions | ||
- | * ''[[The Horseman on the Roof]]'' (''Le Hussard sur le Toit'') (1995), a French film dealing with an [[1826–1837 cholera pandemic|1832 cholera outbreak]] | ||
- | * ''[[12 Monkeys (film)|Twelve Monkeys]]'' (1995), set in a future world devastated by a man-made virus | ||
- | * ''[[Outbreak (film)|Outbreak]]'' (1995), fiction film focusing on an outbreak of an [[Ebola]]-like virus in [[Zaire]] and later in a small town in [[California]]. | ||
- | * ''[[Smallpox 2002]]'' (2002), a fictional BBC docudrama | ||
- | * ''[[28 Days Later]]'' (2002), a fictional horror film following the outbreak of an infectious 'Rage' virus that destroys all of mainland Britain | ||
- | * ''[[Yesterday (2004 film)|Yesterday]]'' (2004), a movie about the social aspects of the [[HIV/AIDS in Africa|AIDS crisis in Africa]]. | ||
- | * ''[[End Day]]'' (2005), a fictional BBC docudrama | ||
- | * ''[[I Am Legend (film)|I Am Legend]]'' (2007), a horror film starring Will Smith based on the [[Richard Matheson]] novel [[I Am Legend (novel)|''I Am Legend'']] | ||
- | * ''[[28 Weeks Later]]'' (2007), the sequel film to ''28 Days Later'', ending with the evident spread of infection to mainland Europe | ||
- | * ''[[The Happening (2008 film)|The Happening]]'' (2008), a fictional suspense film about an epidemic caused by an unknown neurotoxin that induces human suicides to reduce population and restore ecological balance | ||
- | * ''[[Doomsday (2008 film)|Doomsday]]'' (2008), in which Scotland is quarantined following an epidemic | ||
- | * ''[[Black_Death_(film)|Black Death]]'' (2010) action horror film set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England | ||
- | * ''[[After Armageddon]]'' (2010), fictional [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]] [[docudrama]] | ||
- | * ''[[Contagion (2011 film)|Contagion]]'' (2011), American thriller centering on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] to deal with the outbreak | ||
- | * ''[[How to Survive a Plague]]'' (2012), a documentary film about the early years of the [[Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS|AIDS epidemic]] | ||
- | * ''[[World_War_Z_(film)|World War Z]]'' (2013) American apocalyptic action horror film based on the novel by Max Brooks | ||
- | * ''[[The Normal Heart (film)|The Normal Heart]]'' (2014), film depicts the rise of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City between 1981 and 1984 | ||
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- | '''Television''' | ||
- | * ''[[Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen]]'' (2009), a television drama | ||
- | * ''[[Helix (TV series)|Helix]]'' (2014–2015), a television series that depicts a team of scientists from the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) who are tasked to prevent pandemics from occurring. | ||
- | * ''[[The Last Man on Earth (TV series)|The Last Man on Earth]]'' (2015–2018), a television series about a group of survivors after a pandemic has wiped out most life (humans and animals) on Earth | ||
- | * ''[[12 Monkeys (TV series)|12 Monkeys]]'' (2015–2018), a television series that depicts James Cole, a [[time travel]]er, who travels from the year 2043 to the present day to stop the release of a deadly virus. | ||
- | * ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'' (1975–1977), classic BBC series created by Terry Nation. The series follows a group of people as they come to terms with the aftermath of a world pandemic. | ||
- | * ''[[Survivors (2008 TV series)|Survivors]]'' [[Survivors (2008 TV series)|(2008)]], BBC series, loosely based on the Terry Nation book that came after the series, instead of a retelling of the original TV series. | ||
- | *''The Last Train 1999'' written by Matthew Graham | ||
- | * ''[[World Without End (miniseries)|World Without End]]'' (2012), chronicles the experiences of the [[England in the Middle Ages|medieval English]] town of Kingsbridge during the outbreak of the [[Black Death]], based on [[Ken Follett]]'s 2007 [[World Without End (Follett novel)|novel of the same name]]. | ||
- | * ''[[The Hot Zone (miniseries)|The Hot Zone]]'' (2019), a television series based on the 1994 non-fiction [[The Hot Zone|book of the same name]] by [[Richard Preston]]. | ||
- | * ''Pandemic: How to Prevent An Outbreak'' (2020), [[Netflix]]'s docuseries | ||
- | * ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'' (2010–), a virus appears that kills people and then revives them by turning them into zombies. An Atlanta group will try to survive in this new, post-apocalyptic world | ||
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- | '''Games''' | ||
- | * '' [[Resident Evil|Resident Evil series]]'' (1996-2020), video game series focusing on T-virus pandemic and eventual zombie apocalypse as part of a bioterrorism act. The video games later evolved to be focusing on parasites and bioweapons. | ||
- | * '' [[Deus Ex (video game)| Deus Ex]]'', A World Wide Plague known as grey death infects the world created by Majestic 12 to bring about population reduction and New World order. | ||
- | * ''[[Pandemic (board game)|Pandemic]]'' (2008), a cooperative board game in which the players have to discover the cures for four diseases that break out at the same time. | ||
- | * ''[[Plague Inc.]]'' (2012), a smartphone game from Ndemic Creations, where the goal is to kill off the human race with a plague. | ||
- | * ''[[The Last of Us]]'' (2013), a post-apocalyptic survival game on [[PlayStation 3|PS3]] and [[PlayStation 4|PS4]] by [[Naughty Dog]]. | ||
- | * ''[[Tom Clancy's The Division]]'' (2015) A video game about a [[bioterrorist]] attack that has devastated the United States and thrown New York into anarchy. | ||
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A pandemic (from Greek πᾶν pan "all" + δῆμος demos "people") is an epidemic of infectious disease that is spreading through human populations across a large region; for instance a continent, or even worldwide. A widespread endemic disease that is stable in terms of how many people are getting sick from it is not a pandemic. Further, flu pandemics exclude seasonal flu, unless the flu of the season is a pandemic. Throughout history there have been a number of pandemics, such as smallpox and tuberculosis. More recent pandemics include the HIV pandemic and the 2009 flu pandemic.
In popular culture
Pandemics appear in multiple fiction works. A common use is in disaster films, where the protagonists must avoid the effects of the plague, for example zombies.
Literature
- The Decameron, a 14th-century writing by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, circa 1353
- The Last Man, an 1826 novel by Mary Shelley
- The Plague, a 1947 novel by Albert Camus
- Earth Abides, a 1949 novel by George R. Stewart
- I Am Legend, a 1954 science fiction/horror novel by American writer Richard Matheson
- The Andromeda Strain, a 1969 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton
- The Last Canadian, a 1974 novel by William C. Heine
- The Black Death, a 1977 novel by Gwyneth Cravens describing an outbreak of the Pneumonic plague in New York
- The Stand, a 1978 novel by Stephen King
See also
- Epidemic
- Endemic
- Syndemic
- Pandemic Severity Index
- Biological hazard
- Bioterrorism
- Biological warfare
- Influenza pandemic
- Mortality from infectious diseases
- Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth
- Medieval demography
- Globalization and disease
- Tropical diseases
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
- WHO pandemic phases