Sentences with phrase «against endemic diseases»
Some breeders are now turning to native grasses in the hopes that they will have better defenses against endemic diseases and thus may re-quire smaller amounts of pesticide.
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Individuals who carry sickle cell trait (the unexpressed mutation of sickle cell anemia) are more likely to survive malaria and therefore, the trait is actually protective against a disease that is endemic in many parts of the world.
«I myself grew up in a poor family in Northeast Thailand where the disease is endemic,» he says, «And when I started working with communities in my province, I found that the liver fluke problems still persisted with nearly three - quarters prevalence in certain villages, despite over 30 years of Thai government campaigns against the parasite.»
«The findings from this trial are very encouraging to those of us who have spent many years working on vaccine candidates to protect against dengue, a disease that is a significant burden in much of the world and is now endemic in Puerto Rico,» said Stephen Whitehead, Ph.D., of NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
This is of particular military relevance, as service members are often vaccinated against these diseases and then deployed to areas where Zika is increasingly becoming endemic.
However, they are an important method of protecting an individual against mosquito bites and should be used by travellers to disease endemic counties.»
The minimum elements a Primary Health Care programme should contain, according to Alma Ata, are: «Education concerning prevailing health problems and the methods of preventing and controlling them; promotion of food supply and proper nutrition; an adequate supply of safe water and basic sanitation; maternal and child health care, including family planning; immunization against the major infectious diseases; prevention and control of locally endemic diseases; appropriate treatment of common diseases and injuries; and provision of essential drugs».
Vaccination against Lyme disease is recommended for pets that live in endemic areas or that travel to areas where Lyme disease is prevalent.
In areas where Lyme disease is highly endemic, particularly the Northeastern, mid-Atlantic, and upper mid-western U.S., it is recommended to have your pet vaccinated against Lyme disease - causing bacteria.
As a result, veterinarians often recommend against the vaccine unless the disease is a problem in local areas or the dog will be traveling to a lepto - endemic area.