DISEASE CLUSTER

(duh.ZEEZ clus.tur)

n.

A geographical region where an above average percentage of the population has, or has had, a particular disease.

An unexplained pattern of illnesses has been found in hundreds of people living near the nation's nuclear facilities, The Tennessean in Nashville reports today.

Peter Brush, DOE's top health official, . . . said DOE officials will review the national health complaints raised by The Tennessean. If disease clusters are found, the DOE could urge the CDC to begin a study.

— Kathryn Winiarski, "News report traces pattern of illnesses near nuclear plants," USA Today, September 29, 1998

Medical sleuths troubled by an outbreak of meningitis that has killed four people and afflicted 30 others in Houston are seeking a common source for a puzzling cluster of the disease in the nation's fifth-largest city.

— Sharon Herbaugh, "Doctors Seek Common Link To Puzzling disease cluster," The Associated Press, February 7, 1981

Asian paradox

baggage malaria

community spread

fascinoma

Hispanic paradox

iatroepidemic

ICU psychosis

stroke belt

sundowning

superinfector

Diseases and Syndromes

Demographics

Geography