endemic vs epidemic
Definitions
noun
- a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location
- a plant that is native to a certain limited area
adjective
- originating where it is found
- native to or confined to a certain region
- of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality
Examples
It's penguins, albatrosses, caracaras, steamer ducks and a couple of endemic small jobs you've come for.
Note: where Loiasis is endemic (West Africa), all treatment with diethylcarbamazine, should commence with 3 mg/kg x 2 days (protocole for Loiasis) whatever form of filaria is being treated.
The Atherton Gardens estate has presented endemic problems for social planning since its development.
Definitions
noun
- a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
adjective
- (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously
Examples
Several events of fulminating epidemic disease broke out since 1999, which often caused 100% mortality of abalone Haliotis drversicotor aquatilis farmed in Fujian and Guangdong coasts.
It is a rich and absorbing story about the 1918 epidemic of Spanish influenza.
Ministers have spent nearly 500million stockpiling the antiviral drug in case of a deadly epidemic but there are doubts it is effective.
