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The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from [[incidence]], which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time.<noinclude>{{DefMeSH}}</noinclude> | |||
Latest revision as of 17:58, 14 May 2010
The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from incidence, which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time.
This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Prevalence (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.