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Epidemics

"Epidemics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Epidemics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Epidemics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 4 publications over 3 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2021
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