Epidemic Disorder

Preferred Label : Epidemic Disorder;

NCIt synonyms : Epidemic Disease; Epidemic;

NCIt definition : The occurrence of more cases of disease than expected in a given area or among a specific group of people over a particular period of time. (CDC);

Alternative definition : CDISC-GLOSS: The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related events clearly in excess of normal expectancy. NOTE: The community or region and the period in which the cases occur are specified precisely. The number of cases indicating the presence of an epidemic varies according to the agent, size, and type of population exposed; previous experience or lack of exposure to the disease; and time and place of occurrence. [After A dictionary of epidemiology, edited for the International Epidemiological Association by John M. Last, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2001];

Details

Origin ID

C171452;

UMLS CUI

C0014499;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Epidemics [DeCS]
- disease outbreaks [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Epidemic disease (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Epidemics [UNESCO concept]
- epidemic [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
- epidemics [MeSH Descriptor]
- epidemics [MeSH concept]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
Semantic type(s)
- Phenomenon or Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- epidemics [MeSH Descriptor]
- epidemics [MeSH concept]
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- CDISC Glossary Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NCIt COVID-19 Clinical Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NCIt COVID-19 Terminology [NCIt concept]

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