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microepidemiology

microepidemiology noun: epidemiology studied over very short distances.

Noun

microepidemiology (uncountable)

  1. Epidemiology studied over very short distances.
    • At present, the factors underlying the microepidemiology of malaria are not fully understood, but include variation in distance to the nearest mosquito breeding site, water body or vegetation, household structural features [21, 22 ], and both human behavioural and genetic factors [22 ], that may...2015 September 19, “Spatio-Temporal Variations in Malaria Incidence in Children Less than 10 Years Old, Health District of Sokone, Senegal, 2010–2013”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of microepidemiology

From micro- + epidemiology.

Questions about microepidemiology

What does microepidemiology mean?
Microepidemiology means epidemiology studied over very short distances.
What part of speech is microepidemiology?
Microepidemiology is a noun.

Words near microepidemiology in the dictionary

  1. microepibiont
  2. microepibionts
  3. microepidemic
  4. microepidemics
  5. microepidemiological
  6. microepidemiology
  7. microepiphyte
  8. microepiphytes
  9. microepiphytic
  10. microequivalent
  11. microequivalents

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