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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a epidemic of" is not correct; it should be "an epidemic of." You can use it when discussing a widespread occurrence of a disease or issue affecting a large number of people.
Example: "There is an epidemic of obesity affecting children in many countries."
Alternatives: "a surge of" or "a wave of".
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An estimated 200,000 people were hit by the disease in the serogroup A epidemic of 1996 (32, 49).
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Specifically, the system encountered an epidemic of A alone, then an epidemic of B alone, then two epidemics of A followed by B, and, finally, an epidemic of A and B together.
We are faced with an epidemic of a new kind of political crime - the publicity crime.
Drug addiction in N.Y. has become an epidemic of a virulently infectious disease.
In the eighties, New York City, and the state as a whole, suffered an epidemic of homelessness.
The National Association of Evangelicals passed a resolution this year deploring an "epidemic of young people leaving the evangelical church".
After years of protest, amid an epidemic of gun violence, a facility opens this week in Hyde Park.
You don't often hear of an epidemic of happiness, or an epidemic of love going around.
A changing diet, he says, has produced an epidemic of obesity and related maladies.
By recognizing these clusters of infectives, an epidemic of infected individuals can be regarded as an epidemic of traceable clusters.
Is there an epidemic of infant obesity?
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