"The Iliad by Homer 4"
"The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio 2"
"The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni 3"
"The Scarlet Plague by Jack London 5"
"Modern Literature"
Expected headings
"Epidemics in literature"
"Classical literature"
"Italian literature"
"Modern Literature"
"For example, when COVID-19 was first detected in Wuhan, China, it was a new infection restricted to a few individuals, however, it rapidly became epidemic as it spread throughout the city, the province and then China. As the epidemic went global, it became a pandemic, which is, in essence, an extensive epidemic. In time, COVID-19 will likely become endemic."