Sentences with phrase «anthrax infection»
Anthrax infection refers to a serious illness caused by bacteria called anthrax. It can affect both humans and animals and is often associated with skin sores, difficulty breathing, and even death if not treated. Full definition
The National Institutes of Health had agreed to fund the study, which involved creating an animal model of anthrax infection in baboons, and the university's animal use and care committee had given it the green light.
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Tests at Britain's lab for dangerous pathogens at Porton Down have found signs of anthrax infection in two Scottish victims.
All showed signs typical of a lethal anthrax infection, such as bleeding and swollen lymph nodes, but in other cases, the only evidence is genetic, meaning that the animals may have carried B. cereus but died of something else, Gillespie notes.
In World War II, the British trials of anthrax infection on Gruinard Island off the coast of Scotland rendered the island uninhabitable for almost 50 years.
Although the role of IL - 22 in B. anthracis infection has not been reported, the cytokine could play a similar role in both pulmonary and GI anthrax infection.
«In principle, one could save people suffering from cutaneous late - stage anthrax infections and maybe treat a variety of other similar diseases,» said Bier.
The second study (cover of the latest issue of PLOS Pathogens) describes new findings by Annabel Guichard and her colleagues that could open the door to much needed intervention for treating late - stage anthrax infection.
HFS is caused by a mutation of a gene called CMG2, also abbreviated as ANTXR2 because it renders cells sensitive to anthrax infections.
There are, however, ways to protect both livestock and humans from an anthrax infection, and the current outbreak is likely to end quickly, said George Stewart, a medical bacteriologist at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine.
Different animals have different levels of susceptibility to anthrax infection.