/epidemiology. /endemics . /epidemics . /frequency . /incidence . /morbidity . /occurrence . /outbreaks . /prevalence . /surveillance . Used with human and veterinary diseases for the distribution of disease, factors which cause disease, and the attributes of disease in defined populations; includes incidence, frequency, prevalence, endemic and epidemic outbreaks; also surveys and estimates of morbidity in geographic areas and in specified populations. Used also with geographical headings for the location of epidemiologic aspects of a disease. Excludes mortality for which "mortality" is used. . 1.00
Endemic Diseases. Disease, Endemic . Diseases, Endemic . Endemic Disease . 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) . 0.68
Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne. Endemic Typhus . Murine Typhus Infection . Rickettsia typhi Infection . Endemic Flea-Borne Typhus . Flea-Borne Typhus, Endemic . Infection, Murine Typhus . Infection, Rickettsia typhi . Infections, Murine Typhus . Infections, Rickettsia typhi . Murine Typhus Infections . Rickettsia typhi Infections . Typhus Infection, Murine . Typhus Infections, Murine . Typhus, Endemic . Typhus, Endemic Flea Borne . Typhus, Murine . Murine Typhus . An infectious disease clinically similar to epidemic louse-borne typhus (TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE), but caused by RICKETTSIA TYPHI, which is transmitted from rat to man by the rat flea, XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS. . 0.63
Congenital Hypothyroidism. Endemic Cretinism . Fetal Iodine Deficiency Disorder . Cretinism, Endemic . Hypothyroidism, Congenital . Cretinism . Myxedema, Congenital . A condition in infancy or early childhood due to an in-utero deficiency of THYROID HORMONES that can be caused by genetic or environmental factors, such as thyroid dysgenesis or HYPOTHYROIDISM in infants of mothers treated with THIOURACIL during pregnancy. Endemic cretinism is the result of iodine deficiency. Clinical symptoms include severe MENTAL RETARDATION, impaired skeletal development, short stature, and MYXEDEMA. . 0.60
