Um, malariacanreachepidemiclevelsinAfrica, butisnot a threatworldwide, soitwouldn't become a pandemic.
Andtheprefixpanmeansallsoifit's a pandemicthatit's affectingpeopleallovertheworldinverylargenumbersinSARSaffectedpeopleworldwide, butnotinverylargenumbers, 800 peopleseemslike a lot.
Andyoucanseeherebythedifferentarrowsatt, thebottominEurope, inSoutheastAsia, howquicklythediseasestravelpandemicisusedtoindicate a farhighernumberofpeopleaffectedthananepidemicpanmeansallinrefersto a largerregionbeingaffected.
Mostseriouscasewouldbe a globalahflustraincanstartoutasanepidemicbutcanalsobecome a pandemic.
Thisisnotunusualfor a newvirusbecausepeople's immunesystemshavenotbeenexposedtoitandarenotreadytofightitoff.