Endemic+disease

  • 31Endemic birds of Hawaii — This article is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the World s various zoogeographic zones. For an overview of this subject see Endemism in birds.There are 71 known taxa of endemic Hawaiian birds, of which 23 are… …

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  • 32Disease, foot-and-mouth — A highly infectious virus that can infect people but affects them most by infecting livestock cattle, pigs, sheep and goats. The virus is in the same family of viruses as those causing the common cold. The virus is spread by many routes by… …

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  • 33Endemic typhus — Murine typhus, an acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder than, epidemic typhus, caused by a related microorganism, Rickettsia typhi (mooseri), transmitted to humans by rat fleas (Xenopsylla… …

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  • 34endemic — [ɛn dɛmɪk] adjective 1》 (of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area. 2》 (of a plant or animal) native or restricted to a certain area. noun an endemic plant or animal. Derivatives endemically adverb… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 35endemic — adj. [Gr. endemos, native] 1. Confined to a given region; indigenous, native. 2. Any disease occurring at the normal or expected level; see epidemic, pandemic …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 36endemic —   the presence, regularly or exclusively, of a plant or living organism in a particular area or population. Most usually used in reference to disease causing organisms …

    Geography glossary

  • 37endemic — en·dem·ic || en demɪk adj. native, local, indigenous; limited to an area; characteristic of a particular location or region n. organism that is native to a place or biota in an exclusive; (Medicine) disease that is continuously present more or …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 38endemic —   a. native; indigenous; generally present in a particular place or class; n. such disease.    ♦ endemiology, n. study of such diseases.    ♦ endemism, n …

    Dictionary of difficult words

  • 39endemic — Describing an organism, often a disease or pest, that is always present in a stated area …

    Glossary of Biotechnology

  • 40Meningococcal disease — Classification and external resources Charlotte Cleverley Bisman, one of the youngest survivors of the disease. The infected arms had to be amputated later. ICD 10 A …

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