A term applied to a disease or disorder that is constantly present in a particular region or in a specific group of people.
AIDS, for example, is endemic in central Africa.
(See also epidemic).
Usual frequency/constant presence of disease occurrence. The habitual presence of disease or the infectious agent within the given geographic area; may also refer to the usual prevalence of a given disease within such area.
A term applied to diseases which exist in particular localities or among certain races. Some diseases, which are at times EPIDEMIC over wide districts, have a restricted area where they are always endemic, and from which they spread. For example, both CHOLERA and PLAGUE are endemic in certain parts of Asia.
Confined to a limited geographic or ecologic niche.
adj. occurring frequently in a particular region or population: applied to diseases that are generally or constantly found among people in a particular area. Compare ecdemic; epidemic; pandemic.
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