Health Care

Endemic Diseases

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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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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3 entry terms
  • Disease, Endemic
  • Diseases, Endemic
  • Endemic Disease

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8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, statistics & numerical data, veterinary.

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note category; do not confuse with epidemic diseases (= EPIDEMICS ); coordinate with specific disease /epidemiol & specify geographic location if pertinent

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  • specific disease/epidemiology (1966-1996)

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  1. N06.850w.392w

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Endemic Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019353. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019353
  2. Endemic Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemic_(epidemiology)
  3. Endemic Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q506680