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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. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections, an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered an epidemic. [1]

  4. Endemic COVID-19 - Wikipedia

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    A disease that is usually endemic can become epidemic or pandemic in the future. [5] For example, in some years, influenza becomes a pandemic , even though it is not usually a pandemic. During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, it became apparent that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was unlikely to die out. [ 1 ]

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

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    A pandemic is a disease outbreak, or epidemic, that is typically widespread — meaning, affecting multiple countries across the world — and is spreading among people, Dr. Andrea Love ...

  6. Epidemic - Wikipedia

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    It's also possible for disease which is endemic in one population to become epidemic if it is introduced into a novel setting where the host population is not immune. An example of this was the introduction European diseases such as smallpox into indigenous populations during the 16th century. [34]

  7. 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.

  8. What's the Difference Between an Epidemic and Pandemic? - AOL

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    For example, some areas may have a sudden spike in flu cases when the flu is prevalent. Epidemic and pandemic are just two of the words used frequently in news stories about the disease. "It boils ...

  9. Pandemic - Wikipedia

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    A pandemic (/ p æ n ˈ d ɛ m ɪ k / pan-DEM-ik) is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has a sudden increase in cases and spreads across a large region, for instance multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of individuals.