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Created page with "Basics of infectious disease * Terminology ** Colonization = an organism is replicating in a host but causes no disease ** Sporadic case = case not connected to other cases ** Outbreak = a greater-than-expected number of cases *** Endemic = high occurence of a disease within a given geographical area or population **** Example: Malaria is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa *** Epidemic = outbreak of a disease within a region in a country, or multiple countries **** COVID-19..."