Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. medicine That has a high and continued incidence in an area
Etymologies
- hyper- + endemic (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Nutrition guidance is, inescapably, culture-bound: where there is starvation, more calories are good; where there is hyperendemic obesity, more calories are bad.”
The Huffington Post: David Katz, M.D.: New Dietary Guidelines: A Physician's Perspective
“But of course, in the hyperendemic countries, in southern Africa, we have resources.”
“Entamoeba histolytica have long been regarded as 'exotic' organisms, but are 'hyperendemic' among gay men attending Canadian Medical Association Journal stated the following in its abstract: "In a controlled study 67. 5% of 200 homosexual men but only sixteen percent of 100 heterosexual men were found to be infected with intestinal parasites" ...”
“The 893 figure is much higher than the number of new HIV diagnoses for the same year, presented in the recently published SF DPH study about how HIV is hyperendemic among gays here.”
“Entamoeba histolytica have long been regarded as 'exotic' organisms, but are 'hyperendemic' among gay men attending Canadian Medical Association Journal stated the following in its abstract: "In a controlled study 67. 5\% of 200 homosexual men but only sixteen percent of 100 heterosexual men were found to be infected with intestinal parasites" ...”
“Entamoeba histolytica have long been regarded as 'exotic' organisms, but are 'hyperendemic' among gay men attending In February of 2007 the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases reported the following in a article entitled Another Perfect Storm: Shigella, Men Who Have Sex with Men, and HIV”
“Our data reveal the remarkably focal nature of DENV transmission within a hyperendemic rural area of Thailand.”
“Although this study did not sample all the children or mosquitoes within each cluster area, these findings show that in an area where dengue is hyperendemic, dengue virus transmission among children occurs in localized areas and over short time periods.”
“Meningococcal meningitis - bacterial disease causing an inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord; one of the most important bacterial pathogens is Neisseria meningitidis because of its potential to cause epidemics; symptoms include stiff neck, high fever, headaches, and vomiting; bacteria are transmitted from person to person by respiratory droplets and facilitated by close and prolonged contact resulting from crowded living conditions, often with a seasonal distribution; death occurs in 5-15% of cases, typically within 24-48 hours of onset of symptoms; highest burden of meningococcal disease occurs in the hyperendemic region of sub-Saharan Africa known as the "Meningitis Belt" which stretches from Senegal east to Ethiopia. animal contact disease acquired through direct contact with local animals:”
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