Endemic

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Endemic, in a broad sense, can mean "belonging" or "native to", "characteristic of", or "prevalent in" a particular geography, group, field, area, or environment; native to an area or scope.

It also has two specific meanings:

• Endemism, an organism being "endemic" means exclusively native to a place or biota
• Endemic (epidemiology), an infection is said to be "endemic" in a human population when that infection is maintained in the population without the need for external inputs.

[edit] See also

• Endemism in birds, relates to the definitions of endemism for birds only.
• Epizoology, the study of infection and disease patterns in animal populations.
• Zoonosis, any infectious disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans
• Epidemic

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