Sentences with phrase «transmission of human diseases»

Transmission of human diseases to our pets, however, falls far down this list.

Not exact matches

Disease control authorities said Friday that there was a risk of cow - to - human transmission if a consumer drinks unsterilized milk, but that there was no cause for concern because all milk on the market must be sterilized.

Contact with live poultry infected with H7N9 flu appears to be the main means of transmission of this disease to humans, which has affected over 200 people since last spring, killing over 50.

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«It is believed that humans are responsible for 95 per cent of the transmission of the disease.

If we are looking for the real engine for infection — the driver of the disease factory, if you like — we have to understand what human - to - human transmission is, and how it turns an animal disease into a human one.

The consumption of bushmeat in Guinea may possibly serve as the transmission point from wildlife to human populations for the disease.

Kacey Ernst's primary research interests are in determining how human - environment interactions alter risk of vector - borne disease transmission.

Mosquitoes and ticks may spread more disease, but many people find bedbugs more repulsive, even though documented cases of bedbug - human pathogen transmission are rare.

This surely contributes to the rarity or nonexistence of human - to - human transmission of rabies (acquired by the bite of an infected dog or bat); cat - scratch disease (which causes skin lesions and swollen lymph nodes); tularemia (a disease, often acquired when hunting and cutting up an infected rabbit, that can cause skin ulcers, swollen lymph nodes, and fever); and BSE (probably acquired by eating the nervous system tissue of infected cows).

The findings suggest that although wild animals may be important for the transmission of new diseases to humans, humanity's oldest companions — livestock and pets such as cattle and dogs provide the vital link in the emergence of new diseases.

Previous attempts at correlating disease transmission with human movement have relied on smaller data sets gathered through monitoring how people given GPS tracking devices move over a period of time, for example.

Because of the legislation, a FDA spokesperson noted in an email, «the agency will not receive or review INDs [Investigational New Drug applications] for human subject research utilizing genetic modification of embryos for the prevention of transmission of mitochondrial disease in FY 2016 and human subject research using these technologies can not be conducted in compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and FDA's implementing regulations.»

«Any evidence of human - to - human transmission causing severe disease would be very worrying,» says Peter Openshaw, head of the Centre for Respiratory Infection at Imperial College London.

It's been well researched, by studies, by world organizations, by the Centre for Disease Control in Atlanta, other organizations that have all unanimously come to the conclusion that consumption of pork is not a risk factor for transmission of influenza virus from swine to human.

However, the risk of the disease spreading within Europe between humans remains low as the virus does not appear to transmit easily from human to human: investigations do not support sustained human - to - human transmission.

Mosquitos are the primary vector in transmission of the disease from forest monkeys to humans and in person - to - person transmission.

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) also known as sexually transmissible diseases, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or (infrequently) venereal diseases (VD), are diseases or infections that have a significant probability of transmission between humans by means of sexual contact.

HPAI A (H5N8) viruses cluster in the same haemagglutinin (HA) clade as A (H5N1) viruses from Asia and A (H5N6)-- which has caused severe disease in humans in China — so the possibility of transmission from birds to humans can not be completely ruled out.

Malaria causes the bodies of its human hosts to emit specific odours from the skin that make the hosts even more attractive to mosquitoes, which invites further bites and risks infection of more mosquitoes and wider transmission of the disease.

Chiu pointed to a number of serious and unexpected animal - to - human disease transmissions over the last 10 years, including SARS in 2003, the H1N1 influenza in 2009, and the current outbreak of H7N9 avian influenza, which already has resulted in more than 20 deaths in China.

A new study has found that nearly half of camels in parts of Kenya have been infected by the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and calls for further research into the role they might play in the transmission of this emerging disease to humans.

The researchers hope their study leads to better measures for modeling and predicting infectious disease transmission, but there are still open questions about the human - wildlife interface of disease.

«The number of rats is influenced by the economic status of their human neighborhoods, and rat abundance may influence the transmission of diseases back to humans.»

«There is no proof of transmission from wild animals and plants to humans,» said lead author Claudio Soto, Ph.D., professor of neurology at UTHealth Medical School and director of the UTHealth George and Cynthia W. Mitchell Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Other Brain Related Illnesses.

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence has always looked for an anomaly in the persistent cosmic background chatter — a change perhaps in the intensity of a signal that can be taken as a sign that a transmission might be a message to us earthlings from other intelligent beings.Each year, medical researchers who gather at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference search for something similar as they weigh reports of the complex biology of the human brain for some sign that a drug might actually change the relentless course of the disease.

Human interactions with indoor airborne microbes have been investigated for more than a century (Tyndall, 1881; Carnelley, Haldane & Anderson, 1887; Tyndall, 1876), although almost exclusively from the perspective of disease and airborne - transmission of pathogens (Noble et al., 1976; Sherertz, Bassetti & Bassetti - Wyss, 2001; Tang et al., 2011).

As such, human subject research utilizing genetic modification of embryos for the prevention of transmission of mitochondrial disease can not be performed in the United States in FY 2016» [3].

My research combines the use of mathematical models and statistical methods to understand the transmission dynamics and control of a range of infectious diseases of humans and animals.

In other words, do human impacts on biodiversity increase the prevalence of diseases by eroding natural «checks and balances» on transmission or decrease prevalence when they remove the free - living biodiversity on which disease agents depend?

The team believe their methodology can be used to unravel the transmission mysteries of other ancient diseases — such as human pubic lice, also introduced via an intermediate hominin from ancestral gorillas over 3 million years ago.

The results could help spur the development of antimalarial drugs with the potential to cure and prevent transmission of the disease in humans.

Susan Amara, USA - «Regulation of transporter function and trafficking by amphetamines, Structure - function relationships in excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs), Modulation of dopamine transporters (DAT) by GPCRs, Genetics and functional analyses of human trace amine receptors» Tom I. Bonner, USA (Past Core Member)- Genomics, G protein coupled receptors Michel Bouvier, Canada - Molecular Pharmacology of G protein - Coupled Receptors; Molecular mechanisms controlling the selectivity and efficacy of GPCR signalling Thomas Burris, USA - Nuclear Receptor Pharmacology and Drug Discovery William A. Catterall, USA (Past Core Member)- The Molecular Basis of Electrical Excitability Steven Charlton, UK - Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery Moses Chao, USA - Mechanisms of Neurotophin Receptor Signaling Mark Coles, UK - Cellular differentiation, human embryonic stem cells, stromal cells, haematopoietic stem cells, organogenesis, lymphoid microenvironments, develomental immunology Steven L. Colletti, USA Graham L Collingridge, UK Philippe Delerive, France - Metabolic Research (diabetes, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver, cardio - vascular diseases, nuclear hormone receptor, GPCRs, kinases) Sir Colin T. Dollery, UK (Founder and Past Core Member) Richard M. Eglen, UK Stephen M. Foord, UK David Gloriam, Denmark - GPCRs, databases, computational drug design, orphan recetpors Gillian Gray, UK Debbie Hay, New Zealand - G protein - coupled receptors, peptide receptors, CGRP, Amylin, Adrenomedullin, Migraine, Diabetes / obesity Allyn C. Howlett, USA Franz Hofmann, Germany - Voltage dependent calcium channels and the positive inotropic effect of beta adrenergic stimulation; cardiovascular function of cGMP protein kinase Yu Huang, Hong Kong - Endothelial and Metabolic Dysfunction, and Novel Biomarkers in Diabetes, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia and Estrogen Deficiency, Endothelium - derived Contracting Factors in the Regulation of Vascular Tone, Adipose Tissue Regulation of Vascular Function in Obesity, Diabetes and Hypertension, Pharmacological Characterization of New Anti-diabetic and Anti-hypertensive Drugs, Hypotensive and antioxidant Actions of Biologically Active Components of Traditional Chinese Herbs and Natural Plants including Polypehnols and Ginsenosides Adriaan P. IJzerman, The Netherlands - G protein - coupled receptors; allosteric modulation; binding kinetics Michael F Jarvis, USA - Purines and Purinergic Receptors and Voltage-gated ion channel (sodium and calcium) pharmacology Pain mechanisms Research Reproducibility Bong - Kiun Kaang, Korea - G protein - coupled receptors; Glutamate receptors; Neuropsychiatric disorders Eamonn Kelly, Prof, UK - Molecular Pharmacology of G protein - coupled receptors, in particular opioid receptors, regulation of GPCRs by kinasis and arrestins Terry Kenakin, USA - Drug receptor pharmacodynamics, receptor theory Janos Kiss, Hungary - Neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's disease Stefan Knapp, Germany - Rational design of highly selective inhibitors (so call chemical probes) targeting protein kinases as well as protein interaction inhibitors of the bromodomain family Andrew Knight, UK Chris Langmead, Australia - Drug discovery, GPCRs, neuroscience and analytical pharmacology Vincent Laudet, France (Past Core Member)- Evolution of the Nuclear Receptor / Ligand couple Margaret R. MacLean, UK - Serotonin, endothelin, estrogen, microRNAs and pulmonary hyperten Neil Marrion, UK - Calcium - activated potassium channels, neuronal excitability Fiona Marshall, UK - GPCR molecular pharmacology, structure and drug discovery Alistair Mathie, UK - Ion channel structure, function and regulation, pain and the nervous system Ian McGrath, UK - Adrenoceptors; autonomic transmission; vascular pharmacology Graeme Milligan, UK - Structure, function and regulation of G protein - coupled receptors Richard Neubig, USA (Past Core Member)- G protein signaling; academic drug discovery Stefan Offermanns, Germany - G protein - coupled receptors, vascular / metabolic signaling Richard Olsen, USA - Structure and function of GABA - A receptors; mode of action of GABAergic drugs including general anesthetics and ethanol Jean - Philippe Pin, France (Past Core Member)- GPCR - mGLuR - GABAB - structure function relationship - pharmacology - biophysics Helgi Schiöth, Sweden David Searls, USA - Bioinformatics Graeme Semple, USA - GPCR Medicinal Chemistry Patrick M. Sexton, Australia - G protein - coupled receptors Roland Staal, USA - Microglia and neuroinflammation in neuropathic pain and neurological disorders Bart Staels, France - Nuclear receptor signaling in metabolic and cardiovascular diseases Katerina Tiligada, Greece - Immunopharmacology, histamine, histamine receptors, hypersensitivity, drug allergy, inflammation Georg Terstappen, Germany - Drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases with a focus on AD Mary Vore, USA - Activity and regulation of expression and function of the ATP - binding cassette (ABC) transporters

Working with the C. difficile team at the Institute, I infected mice with C. difficile, to allow us to recreate and study many aspects of the disease; including its persistence and transmission in humans.

Syphilis, a disease most people associate with the past, has Criminal transmission of HIV is the intentional or reckless infection of a person with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Mathematicians are addressing some of our world's most urgent challenges — including tackling climate change, modelling disease transmission and solving the human genome sequence.

particularly with governmental agencies such as the United States Public Health Service, which works to control the transmission of animal - to - human (zoonotic) diseases.

The exact risk of transmission of this disease from cats to humans is unknown; however, if you have been scratched or bitten by a cat, immediately clean the abrasion.

These include things like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but ticks can also cause blood clotting through transmission of bacteria, as well as an allergic reaction to red meat, which is particularly dangerous to carnivores, like dogs and humans.

In many cases, the cause of skin disease in cats may be communicable to other cats (and, in some cases, to people), so preventing transmission to other animals or humans is often an important component of a treatment plan.

There is an increased risk of fire, poor air quality and transmission of infectious disease from sick animals to humans.

The purpose of veterinary medicine is to treat ailing animals, prevent disease transmission from animal to human, contain animal disease, and educate the public about proper pet and animal care.

Another danger of fleas for cats is infestation of the home and possible transmission of disease to humans through sharing a living space.

For each virus of primary concern, aetiology, animal species involved, mode / s of transmission, prevalence of carriage and / or disease in the relevant companion animal species, impact on human health, current measures for disease prevention and control, as link to agriculture, and main reasons for concerns were illustrated.

«Feral cats evoke hot debates about ecological issues, individual cat welfare, human responsibilities, intercat disease transmission, humaneness, zoonosis control, and management and dissolution of unowned cats.»

Most cases of dog ringworm resolve on their own; therefore, a treatment plan is only used to speed up the recovery and also to prevent the transmission and spreading of the disease to other dogs, cats and humans.

This also poses a significant human health risk through the potential transmission of animal - borne diseases, such as rabies and cholera — and, of course, even more dangers to those who later choose to consume the meat.

Importation of dogs and cats from outside the United States could result in the transmission of diseases that have been eradicated in the United States to dogs and cats, other animals, and humans living in this state.

Job Description: • Represents the Kansas City Pet Project in a professional, polite and enthusiastic manner • Assists the veterinarians on a daily basis with preparing surgery patients, health assessments, and treatments of animals • Assist in medical rounds with Shelter Veterinarians or identifying animals that need to be seen by a Shelter Veterinarian • Administer medications to both cats and dogs in accordance with veterinarian's prescribed doses and ensure all treatment protocols prescribed for sick / injured animals are performed timely, safely, and humanely • Responsible for following best practices for sanitation protocols in all veterinary clinic and isolation areas to reduce / eliminate disease transmission • Input all medical notes, health assessments, vaccinations, surgeries, treatments, etc., into PetPoint • Provides support for other departments, such as Intake, Foster, Placement & Transport, or Adoptions by assisting as needed for vaccinations, deworming, blood draws, etc. • Prepares and sanitizes surgical instruments / packs each day to ensure packs are ready for use the following day • Assists with discharging animals to the public post-surgery or following up with sick pet appointments, explaining any medical issues, medications, after care instructions, etc. • Ensures adequate medical supplies and medications are available and reports any shortages to Vet Clinic Manager • Enforces and maintain KCPP safety and cleanliness, and all health and security rules and procedures • Follows disease prevention procedures and completes cleaning of veterinary clinic areas daily and ongoing throughout the day to decrease biological risks to humans and other animals • Care, feed, and safely handle animals to avoid injury to persons / animals • Properly store and maintain inventory of medical supplies, including Schedule II narcotics • Performs laboratory analysis techniques to assist Shelter Veterinarians • Reads, understand, interpret, and apply department policies and procedures • Prepares reports and other written materials in a logical, concise, and accurate manner • Functions calmly in situations that require a high degree of sensitivity, tact, and diplomacy • Communicates effectively with a variety of individuals representing diverse cultures and backgrounds and function calmly in all situations which require a high degree of sensitivity, tact and diplomacy • Treats employees, representatives of outside agencies, volunteers, and members of the public with courtesy and respect • Provides prompt, efficient and responsive service for all phone calls forwarded to the Vet Clinic.

Created by former Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Exotic Species Coordinator Scott Hardin and other experts on zoonosis, the series covers everything from disease names, routes of transmission from animals to humans, symptoms of disease, treatments and more.