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| Information: | Endemic means a disease occurs continuously and with predictable regularity in a specific area or population. For example, measles and chicken pox occur all the time at a certain frequency among American school children.
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Review Date: 5/16/2003
Reviewed By: A.D.A.M. editorial. Previous review by Rocio Hurtado, M.D., Infectious Diseases Division, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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