Epidemic - Sigma Knowledge base Browser

appearance as argument number 1

(subclass Epidemic LargeGroupProcess)	Medicine.kif 3537-3537	Epidemic is a subclass of large group process
(documentation Epidemic EnglishLanguage "A period where an unusual number of people in a particular location have a particular DiseaseOrSyndrome that has an unusual severity. For example, a comparatively small group can form an epidemic of deadly Ebola, versus a much larger group that would have to form an epidemic of a relatively mild influenza.")	Medicine.kif 3539-3544	Epidemic is a subclass of large group process

appearance as argument number 2

(termFormat EnglishLanguage Epidemic "epidemic")	Medicine.kif 3545-3545
(subclass Pandemic Epidemic)	Medicine.kif 3561-3561	Pandemic is a subclass of epidemic

antecedent

(=>
    (and
        (instance ?E Epidemic)
        (involvedInEvent ?E ?H))
    (or
        (and
            (instance ?D DiseaseOrSyndrome)
            (attribute ?H ?D))
        (exists (?P)
            (and
                (instance ?P PathologicProcess)
                (experiencer ?P ?H)
                (subProcess ?P ?E)))))

If X is an instance of epidemic and Y is an involved in event of X, then Z is an instance of disease or syndrome and Z is an attribute of Y or there exists W such that W is an instance of pathologic process, Y experiences W, and W is a subprocess of X