ENDEMIC - Restricted to a particular locality or region (e.g.
endemic disease).
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Full article >>>EndemicInformation:
Endemic means a
disease occurs continuously and with predictable regularity in a specific area or population. For example,
chicken pox occurs all the time at a certain frequency among American
school children.
Full article >>>Typhus,
endemic: See
Typhus, m
urine.
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Full article >>>Endemic goiters occur within groups of people living in geographical areas with iodine-depleted soil, usually regions away from the sea coast. People in these communities might not get enough iodine in their
diet.
Full article >>>ENDEMIC: Pertaining to
diseases associated with particular locales or population groups.
ENDOGENOUS: Relating to or produced by the body.
Full article >>>It is
endemic in domestic animals. Sheep, goats, and cattle are the
primary reservoirs for transference to humans. The
disease is spread to humans by
bites from an infected tick (Dermacentor andersoni) and from drinking raw
milk.
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incision; endbrain; end-brush; end bud; end bulb; end
cell; end-cutting bur; end-diastolic; end-diastolic volume; endeavor; endecagon; endecagynous; endecane; endecaphyllous; endeixis; endemia;
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Full article >>>Crimean-Congo
hemorrhagic fever, a severe VHF that's often fatal, is
endemic in many countries in Africa, Europe and Asia. It's spread by
ticks, some of which transmit the
virus to their offspring via eggs.
Full article >>>A
disease that tends to be restricted to a particular region (
endemic disease) can become
epidemic if non
immune persons are present in large numbers (as in time of war or during pilgrimages), if the infectious agent is more virulent than usual, ...
Full article >>>In the 1950s, KS was recognized as a relatively common
neoplasm endemic in native populations in equatorial Africa and comprised approximately 9% of all
cancers seen in Ugandan males.
Full article >>>Vaccination campaigns have succeeded in reducing the number of countries where
polio is
endemic (where it occurs locally). In 1988, more than 120 countries contained
endemic poliovirus.
Full article >>>Such areas are said to be
endemic for
hepatitis B. When
infants or young children living in an
endemic area are infected, their chance of becoming a
chronic hepatitis B carrier is at least 90%.
Full article >>>The
disease is commonly found (
endemic) in the tropical and subtropical areas of the world (such as Southeast India, Guyana, and New Guinea), but it occurs on occasion in the United States (typically in the Southeast).
Full article >>>When travelling in areas of
endemic rabies, it's essential not to touch any animals, however tame they may appear, and wild animals should be avoided.
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Full article >>>It is
endemic (prevalent) throughout the wooded coastal regions of the Northeast, the Great Lakes, and the Pacific Northwest. In the Northeast and Great Lakes regions, the
disease is more prevalent from May to August.
Full article >>>It often seems that as soon as you've finished
feeding your baby, everything you worked so hard to get down comes
right back up -all over your shirt.
Spitting up is as
endemic to newborns as the soft spot on the top of their heads.
Full article >>>The emotional dilemma that stems from enjoying sex at the cost of feeling "dirty" is a common one
endemic to our
culture.
Full article >>>PinwormEnterobius vermicularis, a
nematode worm of the family Oxyuridae that causes parasitic infestation of the
intestines and
cecum.
Pinworm is
endemic in both temperate and tropical regions and common especially in
school age children.
Full article >>>It is most frequently seen in desert regions, such as the southwestern part of the United States as well as northern Mexico. It is also call San Joaquin
Valley fever or
Valley fever because it is widespread (
endemic) to that area.
Full article >>>(total daily dose 1 g atovaquone/400 mg proguanil HCl) for 3 consecutive days; prophylactic
treatment for adults, one tablet (250 mg atovaquone/100 mg proguanil hydro
chloride) per day for adults starting 1 or 2 days before entering a
malaria-
endemic ...
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