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- adjective #(
medicine ) That has a lowincidence in an area
Etymologies
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hypo- + endemic
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Examples
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Casapia WM, Gamboa DV, Hernandez JN, Alava FF, et al. (2005) Clustered local transmission and asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria infections in a recently emerged, hypoendemic Peruvian Amazon community.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Dionicia Gamboa et al. 2010
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