epidemic threshold
English
Etymology
From epidemic + threshold.
Noun
epidemic threshold (countable and uncountable, plural epidemic thresholds)
- (epidemiology) a predefined threshold for the number of cases of a contagious disease above which the disease is considered to be at epidemic levels.[1][2]
References
- “Common Vocabulary Used to Understand Dengue Surveillance”, in Centers for disease control and prevention, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, accessed 15 June 2022
- “Definitions: emergencies”, in Humanitarian Health Action, World Health Organization, 2020, archived from the original on 18 February 2020