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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Endemic Diseases
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Descriptor Spanish:
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enfermedades endémicas
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Doenças Endêmicas
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Synonyms English:
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Disease, Endemic
Diseases, Endemic
Endemic Disease
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Tree Number:
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N06.850.392
SP5.001.047.113.109
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Definition English:
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The constant presence of diseases or infectious agents within a given geographic area or population group. It may also refer to the usual prevalence of a given disease with such area or group. It includes holoendemic and hyperendemic diseases. A holoendemic disease is one for which a high prevalent level of infection begins early in life and affects most of the child population, leading to a state of equilibrium such that the adult population shows evidence of the disease much less commonly than do children (malaria in many communities is a holoendemic disease). A hyperendemic disease is one that is constantly present at a high incidence and/or prevalence rate and affects all groups equally. (Last, A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 3d ed, p53, 78, 80) |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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note category; do not confuse with epidemic dis ( = EPIDEMICS see DISEASE OUTBREAKS); IM; coord IM with specific dis /epidemiol (IM) & specify geog
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History Note English:
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97
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Record Number:
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33154
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Unique Identifier:
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D019353
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