Sentences with phrase «against disease transmission»

So, make sure your protocol addresses isolated housing care to protect against disease transmission.

Dr James Logan: «Dr Logan is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Entomology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine with grant funding to research personal protection against disease transmission.

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One possibility is that the direct transmission of a mother's vaginal bacteria onto newborns may act as a defense against diseases by limiting the colonization of more harmful pathogens.»

Hepatitis B Vaccine: A 3 or 4 dose vaccination recommended for all babies against the transmission of this potentially life - threatening disease, recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Preventiondisease, recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionDisease Control and Prevention (CDC).

«The ability of MMV048 to block all life cycle stages of the malaria parasite, offer protection against infection as well as potentially block transmission of the parasite from person to person suggests that this compound could contribute to the eradication of malaria, a disease that claims the lives of several hundred thousand people every year,» said Professor Chibale, Founder and Director of H3D, founding Director of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Drug Discovery Research Unit at UCT, and senior author of the paper.

Although incidence of HIV among infants is decreasing in South Africa due to improved prevention of the mother - to - child HIV transmission and the use of anti-retrovirals, a large number of HIV - exposed yet uninfected children remain, for whom vaccination against pneumococcal disease may be of particular importance to ensuring reduced risk of life - threatening infections in childhood.

Infectious disease researchers have identified a novel mechanism wherein HIV - 1 may facilitate its own transmission by usurping the antibody response directed against itself.

«Currently, there is a lot of focus on the use of antibodies transferred passively or through a vaccine to prevent infection in infants, however this study cautions against that and suggests that broadly neutralizing antibodies may actually aid in enhancing transmission from mother to child,» added Sagar, an attending physician in infectious diseases at Boston Medical Center.

«We're highly encouraged by these preclinical findings demonstrating the ability of our mRNA vaccine to provide robust prevention of maternal transmission of Zika and protection against congenital defects,» said Giuseppe Ciaramella, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer of Moderna's infectious disease - focused venture, Valera, and an author on the paper.

Eisen also said that while rising temperatures caused by climate change could bring the mosquito farther north in the United States, the many elements that influence the mosquito itself and the transmission of dengue virus argue strongly against looking solely at climate to assess disease threat.

Separate her from fellow household dogs three weeks prior to parturition, and keep her away from them for three weeks after whelping, as protection against potential disease transmission.

Representatives of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sign on to the American Bird Conservancy's witch - hunt against free - roaming cats, misrepresenting the relevant science to support their claim that «rabies transmission via feral cats is a particular concern.»

According to Cornell University's Baker Institute for Animal Health, even dogs vaccinated against distemper can contract the disease, although immunization makes transmission much less likely.

This suggests that the disease might have evolved into a less virulent form, possibly in response to selective pressure against symptoms that render the host sexually unappealing; the pustules of yore don't seem to decorate the epidermis of contemporary sufferers, making them more likely to perpetuate the milder form of syphilis through sexual transmission.

For instance, recent evidence suggests that cultural values of collectivism also serve an «anti-pathogen defence» whereby behavioural manifestations of collectivism, such as conformity and parochialism, function as buffers against the transmission and increased prevalence of disease - causing pathogens (e.g. malaria, typhus and tuberculosis)(Fincher et al. 2008).