orphadata.raredisease.disease_epidemiology
Get prevalence and incidence data for a rare disease by its Orphanet ORPHAcode. Returns prevalence records with geographic area (Europe, Worldwide, US, UK, etc.), measurement type (point prevalence, birth prevalence, annual incidence), prevalence class (e.g. 1-5/10,000), numeric mean value, and P...
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What orphadata.raredisease.disease_epidemiology does on Apibase
AI agents call orphadata.raredisease.disease_epidemiology to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
lang | string | — | Response language (default: en). Supported: en, fr, de, es, it, pt, nl, pl, cs, tr, uk, zh. |
orphacode | integer | Yes | Orphanet ORPHAcode — the unique numeric identifier for the rare disease (e.g. 558 for Marfan syndrome). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why orphadata.raredisease.disease_epidemiology is rated Low
Tool retrieves epidemiological data from a public database with no side effects or modification capability.
From the tool's definition Get prevalence and incidence data for a rare disease by ORPHAcode. Returns prevalence records with geographic area, measurement type, prevalence class, numeric mean value, and PMID citations from peer-reviewed literature.
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The rule that runs orphadata.raredisease.disease_epidemiology safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For orphadata.raredisease.disease_epidemiology, this is the rule to start with:
orphadata.raredisease.disease_epidemiology is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every orphadata.raredisease.disease_epidemiology call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about orphadata.raredisease.disease_epidemiology
Get prevalence and incidence data for a rare disease by its Orphanet ORPHAcode. Returns prevalence records with geographic area (Europe, Worldwide, US, UK, etc.), measurement type (point prevalence, birth prevalence, annual incidence), prevalence class (e.g. 1-5/10,000), numeric mean value, and PMID citations from peer-reviewed literature. Source: Orphadata / Orphanet — CC BY 4.0, no auth, unlimited free. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
orphadata.raredisease.disease_epidemiology accepts 2 parameters: lang, orphacode. Required: orphacode. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for orphadata.raredisease.disease_epidemiology: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
orphadata.raredisease.disease_epidemiology is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the orphadata.raredisease.disease_epidemiology rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for orphadata.raredisease.disease_epidemiology. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
orphadata.raredisease.disease_epidemiology is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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