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  2. Endemic (epidemiology) - Wikipedia

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    An endemic disease always has a steady, predictable number of people getting sick, but that number can be high (hyperendemic) or low (hypoendemic), and the disease can be severe or mild. [3] [4] Also, a disease that is usually endemic can become epidemic. [3] For example, chickenpox is endemic in the United Kingdom, but malaria is not.

  3. Endemism - Wikipedia

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    The word endemic is from Neo-Latin endēmicus, from Greek ἔνδημος, éndēmos, "native". Endēmos is formed of en meaning "in", and dēmos meaning "the people". [5] The word entered the English language as a loan word from French endémique, and originally seems to have been used in the sense of diseases that occur at a constant amount in a country, as opposed to epidemic diseases ...

  4. Endemic COVID-19 - Wikipedia

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    Endemic is a frequently misunderstood and misused word outside the realm of epidemiology. Endemic does not mean mild, or that COVID-19 must become a less hazardous disease. The severity of endemic disease would be dependent on various factors, including the evolution of the virus, population immunity, and vaccine development and rollout. [2] [4 ...

  5. Is COVID now endemic? Here's what experts say. - AOL

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    What’s the difference between endemic and pandemic? A pandemic is a disease outbreak, or epidemic, that is typically widespread — meaning, ...

  6. What's the difference between 'pandemic' and 'endemic'? - AOL

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    COVID-19 will never go away, but the pandemic will be over when the disease becomes 'endemic.' Here's what that means.

  7. Covid-19 ‘not yet endemic’ – WHO - AOL

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    Asked about whether Covid-19 is moving to an “endemic” stage, Dr Catherine Smallwood, senior emergency officer at the WHO Regional Office for Europe, said: “In terms of endemicity we’re ...

  8. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    In many places of Asia and Africa, hepatitis B has become endemic. [24] In addition, a person is sometimes infected with both hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HIV, and this population (about 2.7 million) accounts for about 1% of the total HBV infections. [23]

  9. Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands - Wikipedia

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    Today, many of the remaining endemic species of plants and animals in the Hawaiian Islands are considered endangered, and some critically so. Plant species are particularly at risk: out of a total of 2,690 plant species, 946 are non-indigenous with 800 of the native species listed as endangered. [4]