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24 Similarly, endemic equilibrium can be disrupted by ... their individual contribution to the burden of the relevant disease (and thereby, for example, flatten the curve of a particular epidemic).

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He touched on types of outbreaks which were epidemic, pandemic, and sporadic ... outbreak affecting many countries Endemic outbreaks, he said, were a constant presence of diseases in specific regions, ...