Medical Subject Headings

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Preferred Name

Epidemics

Synonyms
Definitions

Sudden outbreaks of a disease in a country or region not previously recognized in that area, or a rapid increase in the number of new cases of a previous existing endemic disease. Epidemics can also refer to outbreaks of disease in animal or plant populations.

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D058872

AN

coordinate IM with specific disease / epidemiol (IM) & specify geographic location if pertinent; differentiate from DISEASE OUTBREAKS, follow terminology in text

AQL

CL EC ES HI LJ PC PX SN VE

cui

C0014499

DC

1

definition

Sudden outbreaks of a disease in a country or region not previously recognized in that area, or a rapid increase in the number of new cases of a previous existing endemic disease. Epidemics can also refer to outbreaks of disease in animal or plant populations.

DX

20110101

HN

2011; use DISEASE OUTBREAKS 1968-2010

Inverse of AQ

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000331

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000266

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000517

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000706

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000662

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000941

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000191

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000145

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000523

Machine permutation

2011; see DISEASE OUTBREAKS 1968-2010

MDA

20100625

MMR

20210630

MN

N06.850.290.200

notation

D058872

prefLabel

Epidemics

TERMUI

T012744

TH

NLM (1983)

tui

T067

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D004196

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