For details see prevalence of types of Diseases contagious from clothing analysis; summary of available prevalence data:
For details see incidence of types of Diseases contagious from clothing analysis; summary of available incidence by type data:
The term 'prevalence' of Diseases contagious from clothing usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Diseases contagious from clothing at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Diseases contagious from clothing refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Diseases contagious from clothing diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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