Sentences with phrase «from endemic countries»

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).

An integrated control program was immediately implemented, with house visits established to screen immigrants from endemic countries.

Not exact matches

The Santa Marta Mountains, with the tallest peaks in the country, are completely cut off from the Andes and therefore have a high density of endemics.

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph the Tory MP said «we have minority communities in this country which come from backgrounds where corruption is endemic».

Since the push to eliminate the disease began in the late 1980s, the number of countries where polio is endemic has fallen from more than 125 to just 3: Nigeria, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

Recently, Zika virus was discovered in serum and saliva from marmosets living in the wild in Brazil, suggesting that these non-human primates are «a potential reservoir for maintaining Zika virus in endemic countries,» according to Patterson's report.

Cholera, which is carried by faeces - tainted water, is endemic in Nepal: there was an outbreak in Kathmandu, the country's capital, just before the peacekeepers flew in from there between 9 and 16 October.

If India produces 12 straight months of polio - free surveillance data, it will be removed from the list of countries where polio is considered endemic, leaving only the other three.

The individuals he is talking about are «Cartel Land's» twin protagonists, vigilantes from two different countries and two different cultures who are determined, each in his own way, to fight back against the endemic violence the Mexican drug cartels bring to everything they touch.

In the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regulates importations of dogs and cats and these animals should not be imported from rabies - endemic countries until one month after they receive their rabies vaccination (given at 3 months of age).

A CDC regulation is in place to refuse shipments of puppies from rabies - endemic countries if they are underage, or with falsified rabies certificates.

FCoV and FIP are endemic in most countries in the world, though the prevalence varies from country to country (Horzinek et al, 1979).

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.

The CDC warns these puppies, who originate from countries were rabies is endemic, are being sold online, in pet stores, and by individuals.

Cases of reported feline and canine heartworm infection have increased after hurricanes hit the southeastern United States, sending the disease from endemic areas to all parts of the country.

«The authors analyzed malaria statistics that were collected in Finland from 1750 to 2008 via correlation analyses between malaria frequency per million people and all variables that have been used in similar studies throughout other parts of Europe,» including temperature data, animal husbandry, consolidation of land by redistribution and household size... report that «malaria was a common endemic disease in Finland in the 18th and 19th centuries and prevalent in the whole country,» and they say that «mortality during malaria epidemics usually varied between 0.85 and 3 %.»

Overall economic conditions, endemic diseases, public health and sanitation standards, quality and capacity of medical facilities and different cultural attitudes toward personal health and safety are all factors that vary from one country to another.