foco (here)

English translation: area/focus/focal point

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Spanish term or phrase:	foco (here)
English translation:	area/focus/focal point
Entered by:	liz askew

09:43 Feb 19, 2020

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Science - Medical (general) / general terminology

Spanish term or phrase: foco (here)

SPAIN. This appears in an article about a rare disease. My initial idea is to translate it as "cluster", but I can't find any references to back me up. NB: there are several entries in the glossaries, but none of them helpful in this particular case.

"Polineuropatía Amiloidótica Familiar en un foco de España."

neilmac KudoZ activity Questions: 1872 (2 open) (106 closed without grading) Answers: 6249 Spain
Local time: 11:05

area

Explanation:
Liver transplantation as treatment of familial amyloid ...
https://www.sciencedirect.com › article › abs › pii - Translate this page
by AAM Quinto - ‎2015 - ‎Related articles
8 May 2015 - Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is the most prevalent type of ... It has a worldwide distribution, with localized endemic areas in Portugal, Sweden and Japan. In Spain there is an endemic focus, located in Mallorca. ... familiar (PAF) constituye el tipo más prevalente de amiloidosis sistémica hereditaria.

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Index-catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology: Special ...
books.google.co.uk › books

1970 - ‎Parasites
A doença de Chagas em Fernambuco nova casuística clínica. (Chagas' disease ... (Nuevos focos de T. cruzi en el suroeste de los Estados Unidos.) Am. J. Hyg.

Chagas Disease - Epidemiology & Risk Factors - CDC
www.cdc.gov › parasites › chagas › epi

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Efforts by the public health community to prevent transmission of T. cruzi have resulted in a decrease in the number of new T. cruzi infections and, in some areas, ...

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Chagas disease is here to stay. Seroprevalence of ...www.ijidonline.com › article › fulltext
by M Mateo - ‎2019
1 Feb 2019 - Chagas disease is here to stay. Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi at a general hospital in Madrid-Spain (non-endemic area). M. Mateo.

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Definition of Focal - MedicineNetwww.medicinenet.com › script › main › art
Focal: Pertaining to a focus which in medicine may refer to: 1. The point at which rays converge as, for example, in the focal point. 2. A localized area of disease.

localised area/focal point

are also possibilities

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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:05

Grading comment

Thanks to everyone for contributing on this one :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

area

liz askew

focus (of infection)

Muriel Vasconcellos

5 -1

outbreak

Anna Bikova

Discussion entries: 6

Answers

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

outbreak

Explanation:
It refers to an outbreak of a disease in Spain

Example:
focos primarios y secundarios de las enfermedades indicadas
primary and secondary outbreaks of the diseases listed (see link below)

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN-ES/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32004D0216&from=es

Anna Bikova
Spain
Local time: 11:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Bulgarian

Notes to answerer

Asker: Sorry, that would be "brote" in Spanish and it is more appropriate for infectious disease than genetic disorders. Thanks anyway for the suggestion. I was going to close the query, but I'll leave it open for now.

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

area

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4558

Grading comment

Thanks to everyone for contributing on this one :-)

22 hrs confidence:

focus (of infection)

Explanation:
I have to give this a 5 confidence level it's an important epidemiological term that I have used in my work for WHO for many years. ***It's not the same thing as an outbreak.*** See:

en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Focus_of_infection
"A focus of infection is a place containing whatever epidemiological factors are needed for transmission of an infection. Any focus of infection will have a source of infection, and other common traits of such a place include a human community, a vector population, and environmental characteristics adequate for spreading infection.[1]"

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 02:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 1508

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