Sentences with phrase «borne human pathogen»

Dengue virus (DENV) is a mosquito - borne human pathogen of global medical importance.

Sujan Shresta, Ph.D., and her team study the immunology and virology of dengue virus (DENV) and Zika virus (ZIKV), both globally important mosquito - borne human pathogens.

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Human milk banks refuse donations from any mother who has had a tattoo done in the past 12 months due to the risk of blood - born pathogens, such as hepatitis.

Humans, cows, pigs, and other mammals are born with antibodies from their mothers that provide early protection before the young animals» immune system begins to recognize pathogens.

Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito borne flavivirus is a pathogen affecting humans in Asia and Africa.

Other aspects of global warming's broad footprint on the world's ecosystems include changes in the abundance of more than 80 percent of the thousands of species included in population studies; major poleward shifts in living ranges as warm regions become hot, and cold regions become warmer; major increases (in the south) and decreases (in the north) of the abundance of plankton, which forms the critical base of the ocean's food chain; the transformation of previously innocuous insect species like the Aspen leaf miner into pests that have damaged millions of acres of forest; and an increase in the range and abundance of human pathogens like the cholera - causing bacteria Vibrio, the mosquito - borne dengue virus, and the ticks that carry Lyme disease - causing bacteria.

Climate change creates new risks for human exposure to vector - borne diseases by altering conditions — such as local temperatures, rainfall amounts, and warm season length — that affect the development and spread of disease vectors and the pathogens they carry.