11. The protection offered by a Lyme vaccine was eagerly awaited in Lyme endemic areas . 12. However, even in endemic areas , human cases are rare. 13. The infection rate in cats is 1-5 % of that in dogs in endemic areas . 14. Windstorms may also cause epidemics far from endemic areas . 15. Attention should be paid to a history of travel to endemic areas in returned travellers. 16. Quarantine regulations restricted the movement of infected seed, chaff, and farm machinery from endemic areas . 17. Eradication of FMD in endemic areas has been difficult, despite the availability of a vaccine. 18. Animals native to endemic areas appear more tolerant to the disease, buffalos especially, appear less susceptible. 19. In endemic areas the morbidity rate is 70-90 % and the mortality rate is 5-10 %. 20. In other endemic areas , falciparum malaria is responsible for 5 percent to 50 percent of cases.