MCQ IN MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Endemic refers to the constant presence and/or usual prevalence of a disease or infectious agent in a population within a geographic area. Hyperendemic refers to persistent, high levels of disease occurrence. Occasionally, the amount of disease in a community rises above the expected level.