Epidemics [epidemie]
topical
416
Persistent link
https://www.medvik.cz/link/D058872
Definition
Sudden outbreaks of a disease in a country or region not previously recognized in that area, or a rapid increase in the number of new cases of a previous existing endemic disease. Epidemics can also refer to outbreaks of disease in animal or plant populations.
- Annotation
- coordinate IM with specific disease / epidemiol (IM) & specify geographic location if pertinent; differentiate from DISEASE OUTBREAKS, follow terminology in text
- DUI
- D058872 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0006567
- Previous indexing
- Disease Outbreaks (1966-2010)
- History note
- 2011; use DISEASE OUTBREAKS 1968-2010
- Public note
- 2011; see DISEASE OUTBREAKS 1968-2010
Allowable subheadings
- CL
- classification 7
- EC
- economics 7
- ES
- ethics 3
- HI
- history 46
- LJ
- legislation & jurisprudence 10
- PC
- prevention & control 159
- PX
- psychology 1
- SN
- statistics & numerical data 78
- VE
- veterinary 5
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Occurrences in Medvik records
N
Health Care