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Endemic

Meaning in public health & epidemiology, with examples

/enˈdemɪk/adjectiveCore term

In public health & epidemiology, endemic means: Describes a disease that is always present in a particular area or population at a fairly constant, expected level.

In Turkish: endemik, bölgede sürekli görülen

How it is used

A disease is endemic in a region, and a new infection may become endemic after a pandemic. Endemic does not mean harmless or rare: an endemic disease can still cause many deaths. The noun is endemicity.

Example sentences

  1. Malaria is endemic in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa.

  2. Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever is endemic in several provinces of Türkiye.

Common collocations

  • endemic disease
  • endemic area
  • endemic in
  • become endemic
  • endemic transmission
  • epidemicA rise in cases of a disease well above the expected level in a population or region, usually spreading more widely than an outbreak.
  • pandemicAn epidemic that spreads across several countries or continents and affects a very large number of people.
  • eradicationPermanently reducing the worldwide incidence of an infection to zero, so that control measures are no longer needed anywhere.
  • vectorA living creature, such as a mosquito, tick or sandfly, that carries an infection from one person or animal to another.

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