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epidemiology

epidemiology

13 5.8
The study of how diseases spread and how to control them in groups of people
  • noun
  • /ˌɛpɪˌdiːmiˈɑːlədʒi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : epidemiología
  • Her research focuses on the epidemiology of viral gastroenteritis and methods for its prevention and control.
  • popular epidemiology
  • environmental epidemiology
  • health epidemiology

So this is this is the balancing act between epidemiology and randomized prospective experiments.

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Examples

  • There is consensus about basic TBI epidemiology, at least with respect to short-term causes and consequences.

    Academic text (2013)
  • So there have been many models, and these are central to the field of epidemiology, to describe the dynamics of disease in a population.

  • Well, what about the epidemiology of this pandemic?

  • How has the reception of your model been by the epidemiology community?

  • More data are needed to gain better insight into the epidemiology and pathogenesis of Aichi viruses.

    Academic text (2013)
  • One of the most important criteria in determining causation in epidemiology is an exposure-response relationship.

    Academic text (1993)
  • His research interests include infectious disease epidemiology, with a focus on investigating epidemic-prone communicable diseases.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Her research interest is the molecular diagnosis and epidemiology of animal infectious diseases, particularly avian influenza viruses.

    Academic text (2013)
  • His research interests are the epidemiology of pregnancy-associated malaria and congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infections.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Her research focuses on the epidemiology of viral gastroenteritis and methods for its prevention and control.

How Specialized

epizootiology
  • Specialized
9.9
epidemiology
  • Specialized
13 5.8
veterinary medicine
  • Specialized
4 4.0
zoology
  • Specialized
11 4.2
biology
251 2.5

Surface Forms

epidemiology singular

Morphology

epidemiology = epidemic (semi-transparent) = epidemic + ology

The word is built on the recognizable base 'epidemic' plus the learned suffix '-ology', but the field is broader than simply the study of epidemics.

Etymology

Epidemiology comes from three Greek parts: epi- 'upon', demos 'people', and -logy 'study', and you can see demos in democracy and -logy in biology. So, epidemiology is the 'study upon people', which is why it looks at how disease spreads and is controlled in groups of people.