noun
definition
The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.
definition
The epidemiological body of knowledge about a particular thing.
Examples of epidemiology in a Sentence
Epidemic outbreaks of other diseases - for instance, cholera, diphtheria and typhoid fever - are often preceded and followed by the prevalence of mild illness of an allied type; and t he true significance of this fact is one of the most important problems in epidemiology.
The epidemiology of ovine toxoplasmosis with especial respect to control.
The Center offers a comprehensive graduate program in veterinary epidemiology and information about this program is available.
Other new chapters cover using the personal computer for healthcare epidemiology; infections associated with xenotransplantation; nosocomial bacteremia; and filamentous fungi.
Dr. Jennie L Brierley, from the Scottish Crop Research Institute, whose interests include the epidemiology of potato blackleg.
Nancy Castilla, from IRRI began the session with two presentations on the epidemiology of rice sheath blight.
The primary focus of research interest is investigating all aspects of the disease from epidemiology and novel diagnostics to immunology and new treatments.
This work is supported by skilled teams of researchers spanning the disciplines of general practice, nursing, psychology, anthropology and epidemiology.
Nevertheless, we were unable to identify any studies examining the epidemiology, characteristics or management of dysphagia in a typical primary care population.
For these reasons several surveillance methods which are listed below are needed in order to understand the epidemiology of the disease within the UK.
In 1998 she was appointed to a joint clinical lectureship in ophthalmic epidemiology at ICH/GOSH and the Institute of Ophthalmology, London.
The greatest number of RCTs were in oncology and perinatal epidemiology.
An additional research interest is in the molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis.
She gained the position of RCUK academic fellow in infectious disease epidemiology in June 2006.
The Department has a 5* rating in cancer epidemiology in the most recent RAE.
His interests in theoretical plant virus epidemiology were re-awakened by links with Mike Thresh and have subsequently developed into major research initiatives.
Other interests include emerging disease epidemiology, antibiotic resistance, and wildebeest migration.
Now, whatever its value in the past, epidemiology today is a largely redundant science.
This would allow Ghanaian vets to determine the epidemiology of Cowdria infection in domestic ruminants kept under different husbandry systems.
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A 2009 study in the Annals of Epidemiology went so far as to say vitamin D supplementation can prevent over 50,000 cases of breast cancer and 49,000 cases of colorectal cancer each year.