Malaria -
endemic countries find it tough to stay vigilant once the numbers plummet, says Hay — and so do the developed countries that pay the bills.
Not exact matches
Through the first three quarters of 2009, Indonesia failed to report any flu cases at all, even though the Food and Agriculture Organization (a body of the United Nations that monitors avian influenza in birds) has
found the infection to be deeply entrenched among fowl in 31 of the
country's 33 provinces and
endemic in Java, Sumatra, and Bali.
Research led by WorldPop, based at the University, examined and mapped the movement of the disease from
endemic countries (those where malaria is regularly
found in the population) to around 40
countries defined as being malaria - free or non-
endemic (such as the UK).
This name was given due to the fact that this is the only
country in the world where you can
find the Kiwi bird, an endangered flightless bird that is
endemic to
Beyond the issue of social irresponsibility that relates to importing stray animals into a
country that has worked to solve its own stray animal problem for most of this century, a significant public health risk is posed by the mass importation of animals from
countries where standards of veterinary medicine are not as high as they are in the US and where diseases and parasites that are not
found here currently may be
endemic.
Diseases and parasites that are not
found here may be
endemic in poor or tropical
countries.