CLINICAL MEDICINE

MEDICINE

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A disease that is found in small amounts, consistently within a population
A
pandemic
B
endemic
C
epidemic
D
outbreak
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What does Endemic mean? A disease outbreak is endemic when it is consistently present but limited to a particular region. This makes the disease spread and rates predictable. Malaria, for example, is considered endemic in certain countries and regions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Endemic: A characteristic of a particular population, environment, or region. Examples of endemic diseases include chicken pox that occurs at a predictable rate among young school children in the United States and malaria in some areas of Africa.

Detailed explanation-3: -An endemic disease is a disease that is always present in a particular population or region and is expected to remain indefinitely. Some examples of endemic diseases are the flu, malaria, HIV, and syphilis. Researchers predict that COVID-19 will also eventually become an endemic disease.

Detailed explanation-4: -AN EPIDEMIC is a disease that affects a large number of people within a community, population, or region. A PANDEMIC is an epidemic that’s spread over multiple countries or continents. ENDEMIC is something that belongs to a particular people or country.

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