enzootic
- adjective
- /ˌɛn.zuˈɑ.tɪk/
- Specialized
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enzootico
- Studies of a pathogen should be conducted, insofar as possible, in the area where the disease it causes is enzootic: the pathogen should not be transferred to non-enzootic areas for in vivo studies, simply because of the availability of expertise and facilities in those areas.
- enzootic vector
- enzootic cycle
- enzootic pathogen
Examples
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Inhalation anthrax occurred in a man who vacationed in four US states where anthrax is enzootic.
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The results indicate that EEE was endemic in southeastern Virginia from 2000 and was transmitted primarily via the enzootic vector Culex melanura.
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The variation in rainfall and temperature affected the availability of mosquito populations that could maintain the enzootic transmission cycle (Hayes & Hess, 196-4).
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The case-patient was exposed to airborne dust while traveling through areas where anthrax was enzootic; however, testing of vehicle air filters in which the dust was concentrated was negative for B. anthracis.
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They drove through North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota, where animal anthrax is sporadic or enzootic (Figure).
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Our results show that two ferret coronaviruses that cause feline infectious peritonitis-like disease and epizootic catarrhal enteritis are enzootic among ferrets in Japan.
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With abundant rainfall in the fall of 2002 and in the summers of 2003 and 2004, including a hurricane in September of 2003, Cs. melanura nourished, maintaining the enzootic transmission cycle of EEE.
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The primary enzootic vector of WNV was Culex (Cx.) pipiens, and that of EEE was Culiseta (Cs.) melanura.
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In 2002, Cx. pipiens was the primary enzootic vector of WNV in southeastern Virginia (no Cs. melanura pools tested positive for WNV).
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The researchers found that the disease was enzootic in the local deer population, affecting only a few individuals each year.
Synonyms
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A plant, animal, or disease that is regularly found in a particular place
Often present in a particular place or group
How Common
Surface Forms
Morphology
enzootic = zootic (semi-transparent) = en + zoo + tic
The prefix 'en-' suggests 'in' or 'within', combined with 'zootic', it implies a disease within animals, but the specific meaning of 'enzootic' is specialized.
Etymology
Enzootic comes from Greek parts en- meaning 'in' and zoon meaning 'animal', the same root you see in zoo and zoology. So an enzootic disease is one that stays 'in' a certain group of animals, often at low levels rather than causing a big outbreak.