epidemics - CISMeF

Preferred Label : epidemics;

MeSH 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.;

CISMeF synonym : epidemic;

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

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemics;

Details

Origin ID

D058872;

UMLS CUI

C0014499;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Epidemic Disorder [NCIt concept]
- Epidemic disease (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Epidemics [UNESCO concept]
- epidemic [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
Record concept(s)
- epidemics [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Phenomenon or Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Epidemic Disorder [NCIt concept]

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