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'''Endemic''', in a broad sense, can mean "belonging" or "native to", "characteristic of", or "prevalent in" a particular [[geography]], race, field, area, or [[Natural environment|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.
==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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