Sentences with phrase «as typhus»

The cat fleas may transmit various diseases such as the typhus or the Bartonella.

The Special Pathogens Branch, part of The Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, deals with some of the really nasty stuff - diseases like Ebola, Rift Valley fever, and Lassa fever (and before you ask, a Rickettsial disease is one caused by any Rickettsia bacteria, which are carried by parasites such as ticks, fleas and lice, and cause diseases such as typhus).

Not exact matches

-- Chillies are used as medicine in typhus and intermittent fevers and in dropsy; they are regarded as stomachic and rubefacient.

The data, including striking videos, the researchers say, «illustrate that the Vi capsular polysaccharide can act as a «cloaking device» that makes S. Typhi practically «invisible» to neutrophils.»

As for the difference between S. Typhimurium and S. Typhi, the researchers could show that a particular part of the outer layer of S. Typhi — the so - called Vi capsular polysaccharide — was responsible for inhibiting the complement - dependent attraction of neutrophils.

H58 Typhi is often resistant to the first - line antimicrobials commonly used to treat the disease, and is continuing to evolve as it spreads to new regions and populations, acquiring novel mutations providing resistance to newer antimicrobial agents, such as ciprofloxacin and azithromycin.

CD4 + T Cells Are as Protective as CD8 + T Cells against Rickettsia typhi Infection by Activating Macrophage Bactericidal Activity.

RNA - Seq of S Typhi Ty2 and a clinical S Typhi isolate belonging to the globally dominant H58 lineage (129 - 0238), as well as S Typhimurium 14028, revealed that 249, 389 and 453 genes respectively were differentially expressed in the presence of 3 % bile compared to control cultures lacking bile.

As such, an understanding of S. Typhi pathogenesis is lacking.

As a child, Caroline contracted typhus, which left her stunted and visibly scarred.

Fleas are a nuisance but can also transmit diseases to people such as bubonic plague, murine typhus and spotted fever.

FLEA - BORNE TYPHUS ALERT FOR LOCAL SANTA ANA COMMUNITY SANTA ANA, CA (May 25, 2012)-- Earlier this week Santa Ana officials were notified by O.C. Vector Control that, as of last Friday, there is a Santa Ana resident with a confirmed case of Typhus.

It is, however, more likely that you would be exposed to typhus from a cat — in a study in Los Angeles, 90 % of the outdoor cats showed evidence of exposure as opposed to only 42 % of trapped adult opossums.

The risk that cat fleas pose to humans is also consequential, since these tiny insects can harbor such zoonotic agents as those that cause such human diseases as cat - scratch disease (Bartonella henselae), murine typhus, and plague.

Recent assessments conducted on the impacts of climate change on health in Australia, highlight the potential for the onset of and increases in vector - borne, water - borne and food - borne diseases such as: malaria, dengue fever, Murray Valley encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, melioidosis, leptospirosis and scrub typhus.

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).

I was horrified to read that more than 2 million kids die each year from fecal - related diseases such as dysentery, cholera, typhus fever, and typhoid.