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holoendemic

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holoendemic /holo·en·dem·ic/ (-en-dem´ik) endemic at a high level in a population, affecting most of the children and so affecting the adults in the same population less often.
hol·o·en·dem·ic (hl-n-dmk, hl-)
adj.
Endemic in the entire population of a given area.

holoendemic
[hol′ō·endem′ik]
pertaining to an intensely endemic disease area.

holoendemic
affecting practically all the animals of a particular region.


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For example, a transect study from lowland (300 m elevation) to highland (1,700 m elevation) in the Usambara Mountains in Tanzania found a >1,000-fold reduction in transmission intensity between the holoendemic lowland and the hypoendemic highland plateau (7).
The Lake Victoria region is an area of holoendemic malaria whose inhabitants often have asymptomatic infections (5).
the suppression of malaria infection in Zanzibar from holoendemic levels to <5% (9).
 
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