Endemic Disease: Causes & Reasons

Possible Causes for Endemic Disease

After one year of study of the language and residence in Brazil I felt secure enough to embark on a study of fogo selvagem, a curious endemic bullous disease. [jamanetwork.com]

Abstract Brazilian pemphigus foliaceus is a blistering skin disease endemic to central and southern areas of South America. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Tissue Antigens 1993: 42: 138-140. 0 Munksgaard, 1993 Endemic pemphigus foliaceus (EPF) is a blistering skin disease which is endemic in certain regions of Brazil (1). [docslide.com.br]

Rhinoscleroma

Rhinoscleroma is a chronic specific granulomatous inflammation affecting nose in 95-100% but can affect any part of respiratory tract.(1) It is an endemic disease in Egypt [clinicaltrials.gov]

This change is occasioned by the influx of immigrants from parts of the world to which the diseases are endemic. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This disease is endemic to Africa, Central and South America, South Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and China. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Systemic Bartonellosis

An acute endemic disease of the central Andes caused by the bacterium Bartonella bacilliformis and marked by high fever, rheumatic pains, albuminuria, and progressive severe [definithing.com]

Bartonellosis, or Carrion's Disease, is an endemic and reemerging disease in Peru and Ecuador. [scielo.br]

[…] for this disease. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Balkan Nephropathy

Their contribution to the understanding of this unusual endemic disease of the kidneys was their description of symptoms which were not typical of common chronic nephritis [ipfs.io]

Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN) References What is Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN) Balkan nephropathy is a disease of the kidneys. [myvmc.com]

Balkan nephropathy an endemic disease of humans in south-western Europe. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Chagas Disease

[…] human emigration from Latin America where Chagas disease is endemic (1). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Chagas' disease is an endemic parasitic disease and constitutes an important health problem in Latin American countries. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] human disease Upload media Wikipedia Instance of disease, endemic disease Subclass of trypanosomiasis, neglected tropical disease Named after Carlos Chagas Number of deaths [commons.wikimedia.org]

Endemic Syphilis

The endemic treponemal diseases, consisting of yaws, bejel (endemic syphilis) and pinta, are non-venereal infections closely related to syphilis, and are recognized by WHO [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Introduction The endemic treponemal diseases, consisting of yaws, bejel (endemic syphilis) and pinta, are non-venereal infections closely related to syphilis, and are recognized [doi.org]

Key terms Endemic disease — An infectious disease that occurs frequently in a specific geographical locale. The disease often occurs in cycles. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Tungiasis

Tungiasis is an endemic disease in many resource-poor communities some of which are in South America, which are visited frequently by Spanish travelers. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Tungiasis is a neglected parasitic skin disease which is endemic in Central and South America, the Caribbean and tropical Africa. 10 important facts about Tungiasis - A rare [histopathology-india.net]

Tungiasis is a disease endemic to poor communities in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Dracunculiasis

Outside Sudan, 20% of all villages with endemic disease reported 1 case each. Seven of the 13 countries with endemic disease reported less than 500 cases each in 1999. [dx.doi.org]

The overall number of villages with endemic disease decreased 33%, from 4,659 in 2003 to 3,109 in 2004 (compared with 23,735 villages in 1993). [cartercenter.org]

[…] in all communities with endemic disease and in areas at risk for dracunculiasis. 1. [dx.doi.org]

Yaws

‘Diseases such as malaria were endemic, while blackwater fever, dengue fever, dysentery, yaws, and hookworms were a constant scourge.’ [en.oxforddictionaries.com]

An endemic, infectious, nonvenereal disease in humans that presents mainly in children younger than 15 years. [icd9data.com]

‘In addition, endemic diseases, such as yaws, and epidemic diseases, such as measles and smallpox, may have increased the incidence of stillbirths and miscarriages.’ [en.oxforddictionaries.com]

Melioidosis

It is necessary to establish whether melioidosis is an endemic and under-diagnosed disease or an emerging disease in Colombia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Melioidosis is an endemic disease in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A vaccine is under development, but economic constraints may make vaccination an unrealistic option for many regions of endemicity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Coccidioidomycosis

Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic disease of the Western hemisphere. The cases in non-endemic areas are mostly imported. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

KEYWORDS: African Americans; Arizona; California; Coccidioides; Hispanic Americans; Native Americans; North America; coccidioidomycosis; diabetes mellitus; endemic diseases [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This once-endemic disease is steadily increasing in incidence, geographic location, and severity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

In Shara'b there is no reference study available to identify the prevalence of endemic diseases and no investigation has been conducted for diagnosing the diseases. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] leishmaniasis [ lēsh″mah-ni´ah-sis ] any disease due to infection with Leishmania. cutaneous leishmaniasis an endemic disease transmitted by the sandfly and characterized [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis is one of the highly prevalent endemic diseases in the Middle East and North Africa. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Lymphatic Filariasis

endemic communities. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Prevention, Treatment and Care in Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries June 3, 2016 Creating Leaflet for DEC Tablets in Local Languages for Endemic Countries March 18, 2016 [eisai.com]

The processes used could be applicable in other settings where these diseases are co-endemic. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Lyme Meningoencephalitis

Prevalence of lyme meningitis in children with aseptic meningitis in a lyme disease-endemic region. [nebraska.pure.elsevier.com]

endemic region. [journals.lww.com]

Differentiating Lyme meningitis (LM) from other forms of aseptic meningitis (AM) in children is a common diagnostic dilemma in Lyme disease–endemic regions. [pediatrics.aappublications.org]

Chronic Pulmonary Blastomycosis

Knowledge of endemic diseases and a thorough travel history should be an integral part of a military physician's infectious disease evaluation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Persons at elevated risk for the disease are those in areas with endemic disease with exposures to wooded sites (e.g., farmers, forestry workers, hunters, and campers). [medicinenet.com]

disease. [cdc.gov]

Bancroftian Filariasis

Among several endemic diseases, the geographical distribution of patients with bancroftian filariasis is most similar to that of ATL in japan. [agris.fao.org]

29 These data demonstrate the complexity of the process of controlling and eradicating this urban endemic disease. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Both infection and disease appeared earlier and reached much higher levels in the high than in the low endemicity community. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Blastomycosis

Endemic Fungal Infections in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Associated with Anti-TNF Antibody Therapy. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Vol. 19, Issue. 11, p. 2490. [doi.org]

disease. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Blastomycosis in Missouri: epidemiology and risk factors for endemic disease × To send this article to your Dropbox account, please select one or more formats and confirm [doi.org]

Schistosomiasis

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) are endemic diseases in Burundi. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] specifically : a severe endemic disease of humans in Africa and parts of Asia and South America that is contracted when cercariae released into fresh waters (such as rivers [merriam-webster.com]

From the perspective of a nurse assessment, considering a patient’s travel history or tracing their movements in any known areas of endemic disease are a key part of history-taking [eaun17.uroweb.org]

Meningococcal Carrier

Abstract During periods of endemic disease, about 10 % of the general population harbour Neisseria meningitidis in the nasopharynx. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Between 1995 – 2006, serogroups B (38%) and C (32%) have been responsible for most of the cases of endemic disease. [meningitisbc.org]

Worldwide, the incidence of endemic meningococcal disease is 0.5 to 5/100,000, with an increased number of cases during winter and spring in temperate climates. [merckmanuals.com]

African Trypanosomiasis

Af·ri·can try·pan·o·so·mi·a·sis a serious endemic disease in tropic Africa, of two types: Gambian or West African trypanosomiasis and Rhodesian or East African trypanosomiasis [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Human transmission potential may be underestimated in a region with other endemic diseases and where an HIV-HAT epidemic, could merge two strains. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Pronunciation audio Instance of infectious disease class of disease Subclass of trypanosomiasis neglected tropical disease endemic disease vector-borne disease particular [commons.wikimedia.org]

Paracoccidioidomycosis

Paracoccidioidomycosis is an endemic disease in Latin America that is rarely associated with immunosuppression and biological therapy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

It is an endemic disease, representing a serious health problem in Latin American countries. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is an endemic disease restricted geographically to Latin America. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Leishmaniasis

Often, symptoms are inconclusive and leishmaniasis can be confused with other co-endemic diseases. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Clinical awareness of endemic disease therefore remains low, with North American physicians considering leishmaniasis a tropical disease. [jamanetwork.com]

Challenges to control the disease include the remoteness of, and difficult access to, endemic areas, insecurity, and the difficulties of transporting diagnostic tests and [finddx.org]

Kyasanur Forest Disease

It is reported to be an endemic disease in Shimoga district of Karnataka State, India, especially in forested and adjoining areas. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Liang) ; Yunnan Institute of Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Dali, China (J. Wang, H. [doi.org]

Freebase (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Kyasanur forest disease Kyasanur forest disease is a tick-borne viral hemorrhagic fever endemic to South Asia. [definitions.net]

Typhus-Group Rickettsiosis

From Wikidata Jump to navigation Jump to search group of infectious diseases Endemic Typhus fever Flea typhus (disorder) Louse-borne [epidemic] typhus Murine [endemic] typhus [wikidata.org]

However, general dermatopathology texts lack images of diseases endemic in the developing world; they also lack clinical correlates linking the pathology to the clinical entity [books.google.com]

It is the tick-borne agent of Queensland tick typhus, a disease endemic in Australia. [jb.asm.org]

Relapsing Fever

Louse-born epidemics of the disease may occur but the endemic disease is usually transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected tick (Ornithodorus). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

OBJECTIVE: To study the incidence of tick borne relapsing fever (TBRF) during the last 50 years, once like malaria an endemic disease in Sengerema, Tanzania. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Tick borne relapsing fever is an endemic disease in Sengerema district, Mwanza region, Tanzania, East Africa. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Pemphigus Foliaceus

Pemphigus diseases are autoimmune diseases affecting the skin and/or mucous membranes. They are rare outside endemic areas. [symptoma.com]

In PF and endemic PF, disease may be localized to seborrheic areas such as the face, scalp or upper trunk or it may generalize resulting in an exfoliative erythroderma. [dermnet.com]

[…] that an initiating factor is present in the region where the disease is endemic. [oadoi.org]

Endomyocardial Fibrosis

Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is an endemic disease in tropical areas, characterized by restrictive physiology due to endocardial fibrous thickening of the ventricular chambers [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Tropical endomyocardial fibrosis (TEMF), a restrictive cardiomyopathy of unclear etiology, is an endemic disease in equatorial Africa, South America and India. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Due to lack of resources for research in the disease endemic areas, the exact epidemiology, etiology and pathogenesis remain unknown, and the natural history is incompletely [scopemed.org]

Disseminated Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis is a fungal disease endemic to the midwestern and southeastern United States. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Blastomycosis is a relatively uncommon disease, even in its endemic region. [mayoclinic.pure.elsevier.com]

The disease is endemic to North America. [radiopaedia.org]

Disseminated Histoplasmosis

Histoplasmosis is an endemic disease in various regions such as North America and South-East Asia but remains rare in Europe. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In India, this disease has been reported from several parts of the country of which most cases are from eastern India which is considered to be endemic for this disease. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Histoplasmosis is a relatively rare infectious disease endemic to certain geographic areas such as East Africa, eastern and central United States, western Mexico, Central [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Neurocysticercosis

disease but, importantly, in locales with diverse immigrant populations. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is an endemic disease and important public health problem in some areas of the World and epilepsy is the most common neurological manifestation [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

disease. [emedicine.medscape.com]