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Concept information
Preferred term
epidemiology
Type
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Topic
Definition
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The study of the various factors influencing the occurrence, distribution, prevention, and control of disease, injury, and other health-related events in a defined population.
Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Type: Concept definition
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- burden of disease
- cross contamination
- disease incidence
- disease occurrence
- disease outbreaks
- disease prevalence
- disease reservoirs
- disease resurgence
- disease severity
- disease transmission
- disease vectors
- epidemiological studies
- familial incidence
- molecular epidemiology
- pathogenicity
- pathogen survival
- seroconversion
- seroprevalence
- tropical diseases
- vector-borne diseases
- vector competence
- vectorial capacity
Synonyms
- epizootiology
In other languages
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Spanish
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/149
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