Sentences with phrase «carrying infectious diseases»

The potential exists for devastating events with serious health implications, including extreme heat and cold events, flooding and droughts, increases in vectors carrying infectious diseases, and increases in air pollution.

Consider having the horse thoroughly examined by a veterinarian before purchase to make sure the animal is healthy and is not carrying infectious diseases that could pass to people.

This is because of the health risks since used breast pump accessories like tubing can carry infectious diseases like HIV and hepatitis.

«Medical experts argue that dealing with climate change will improve our public health by reducing the likelihood of extreme weather events, reducing air quality and allergen problems, and limiting the spread of pests that carry infectious diseases.»

This specialized medical ward houses hospitalized patients that are suspected of carrying an infectious disease.

Make sure it's predator - proof and safe from neighbor's animals that may cause problems or carry infectious diseases.

It is also dangerous to expose your own cat or cats to a feral cat that may be carrying an infectious disease.

Ticks are blood - sucking external parasites that also carry infectious diseases such as Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, anaplasmosis and other vector - borne diseases.

Mosquitoes, fleas and ticks, among other arthropods, can carry infectious diseases such as West Nile, heartworm, Ehrlichia, Lyme and Anaplasma.

And if a person carries an infectious disease, the water could be dangerous for humans to contact on a lawn.

Not exact matches

Infectious diseases also spread more easily after these kinds of weather events, and general infrastructure damage (such as to the water supply) carry unpredictable public health consequences.

EPIDEMICS • Transportation officials and public health experts are pilot testing a Web site that calculates the risk that passengers coming off any given flight are carrying an emerging infectious disease.

Finally, the mere fact that agriculture encouraged people to clump together in crowded societies, many of which then carried on trade with other crowded societies, led to the spread of parasites and infectious disease.

They can also be manipulated to carry drug formulations that can be applied to the treatment of a wide variety of disorders, such as cancer and various infectious, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative diseases.

The agency needed to protect the state's livestock from the infectious diseases bison sometimes carry — but they ultimately shot dead more than 1,000 of the estimated 3,500 bison living in Yellowstone at the time.

This work, published in the scientific journal Nature Medicine, was carried out in collaboration with researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla and the Center for infectious disease research in Seattle and was partially funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), the European Research Council (ERC), Swiss Vaccine Research Institute and the Fondazione Aldo e Cele Daccò.

By JUDITH HAMPSON In the 1880s, Louis Pasteur carried out what must be one of the most unpleasant series of animal experiments in the history of the fight against infectious disease.

In June, a review in Trends in Parasitology found that bats carry far fewer infectious diseases than rodents.

The average life span for a pygmy is only about 17 years; a leading cause of death is infectious disease carried by the miasma of microbes that flourish in the hot, moist jungle.

Most creepily, mosquitoes and other infectious insects could move into new territory, carrying fearsome diseases such as malaria and dengue.

We carry out translational research programmes to develop infectious disease vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics using animal models of tuberculosis, influenza, HIV / AIDS, Clostridium difficile, meningococcal disease, chlamydia, burkholderia and anthrax, as well as emerging viral diseases such as Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever.

A small number of mice were likely already carrying the genes that protect against heavy metals or infectious diseases.

Its scientists carry out research seeking new knowledge leading to the prevention of disease through vaccines and the treatment and cure of infectious diseases, cancer, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 (juvenile) diabetes, Crohn's disease and asthma.

Recently, RIPK3 was demonstrated to require a Bax / Bak effect on the mitochondrial permeability transition pore to carry out necroptosis, and the importance of both RIPK1 and RIPK3 in relation to necroptosis - directed degenerative, inflammatory, and infectious diseases has been published (Moriwaki et al., 2015).

The HZI carries out research into infectious diseases, investigating the mechanisms of pathogenesis to develop new strategies for prevention, diagnosis and therapy.

«Human milk is a body fluid like saliva, blood, or semen, so it can transmit infectious diseases,» says Keim — including HIV and hepatitis C and B. «Human milk can also carry with it any drugs or pharmaceuticals that donor might be taking,» she adds.

Lyme disease is a world - wide infectious disease caused by microscopic bacteria carried by ticks.

In addition to their susceptibility to chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, intestinal problems, appendicitis, gall and kidney stones and endocrinological dysfunction, the Whites also showed little resistance to infectious diseases carried by mosquitoes, lice and flies.

1 By contrast, the native Africans exhibited a very high tolerance to infectious disease including malaria carried by mosquitos, typhus and fevers transmitted by lice and sleeping sickness borne by the tsetse fly.

«I'm not a proponent of having animals sleep on your bed, as it is always possible for animals to carry some infectious or zoonotic disease that they might pass to their owners,» says Dr Simon Quek, veterinarian at Mount Pleasant Animal Medical Centre's Clementi branch.

Many of these cats carry disease such as feline leukemia, feline aids, feline infectious peritonitis, feline distemper and upper respiratory infections and so once again it is important that cat owners keep their cats up to date on all vaccinations to protect them in case they come into contact with a feral cat.

Ticks that carry and spread infectious diseases.

At the University of Florida's 7th Annual Maddie's ® Shelter Medicine Conference, Dr. Katherine Polak presented the results from a retrospective study characterizing the infectious diseases carried by clinically affected cats from four large - scale cat hoarding investigations.

Ticks are the second leading cause and can carry the infectious organism that causes lyme disease, Ehrlichiosis and rocky mountain fever among others.

Dr. Katherine Polak explores the results from a retrospective study characterizing the infectious diseases carried by clinically affected cats from four large - scale cat hoarding investigations in this presentation given at the University of Florida's 7th Annual Maddie's ® Shelter Medicine Conference.

A multidimensional approach to the characterization of neurologic feline infectious peritonitis Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a devastating disease of cats that generally carries a very poor prognosis.

It provides crucial safeguards against the introduction of dogs carrying infectious and zoonotic diseases and parasites, which hurt consumers who buy or adopt them and can spread to other animals and people.

However, in certain older pets, degenerative joint disease, autoimmune arthritis, and infectious arthritis such as those carried by ticks (i.e lyme, ehrlichia, rocky mountain spotted fever) may play a role.

Cats that may be carrying dangerous infectious diseases or that require extensive treatment may have to be euthanized, although this is rare and is only done if there is no reasonable alternative and the cat will suffer otherwise.

ACT - activated clotting time (bleeding disorders) ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenal gland function) Ag - antigen test for proteins specific to a disease causing organism or virus Alb - albumin (liver, kidney and intestinal disorders) Alk - Phos, ALP alkaline phosphatase (liver and adrenal disorders) Allergy Testing intradermal or blood antibody test for allergen hypersensitivity ALT - alanine aminotransferase (liver disorder) Amyl - amylase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) ANA - antinuclear antibody (systemic lupus erythematosus) Anaplasmosis Anaplasma spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) APTT - activated partial thromboplastin time (blood clotting ability) AST - aspartate aminotransferase (muscle and liver disorders) Band band cell — type of white blood cell Baso basophil — type of white blood cell Bile Acids digestive acids produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder (liver function) Bili bilirubin (bile pigment responsible for jaundice from liver disease or RBC destruction) BP - blood pressure measurement BUN - blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration, blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (blood pressure, tissue perfusion) DTM - dermatophyte test medium (ringworm — dermatophytosis) EEG - electroencephalogram (brain function, epilepsy) Ehrlichia Ehrlichia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) EKG, ECG - electrok [c] ardiogram (electrical heart activity, heart arryhthmia) Eos eosinophil — type of white blood cell Fecal, flotation, direct intestinal parasite exam FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus test FIA Feline Infectious Anemia: aka Feline Hemotrophic Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella felis test FIV Feline Immunodeficiency Virus test Fluorescein Stain fluorescein stain uptake of cornea (corneal ulceration) fT4, fT4ed, freeT4ed thyroxine hormone unbound by protein measured by equilibrium dialysis (thyroid function) GGT gamma - glutamyltranferase (liver disorders) Glob globulin (liver, immune system) Glu blood or urine glucose (diabetes mellitus) Gran granulocytes — subgroup of white blood cells Hb, Hgb hemoglobin — iron rich protein bound to red blood cells that carries oxygen (anemia, red cell mass) HCO3 - bicarbonate ion (blood pH) HCT, PCV, MHCT hematocrit, packed - cell volume, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) K + potassium ion — unbound potassium (kidney disorders, adrenal gland disorders) Lipa lipase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) LYME Borrelia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) Lymph lymphocyte — type of white blood cell MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (anemia, iron deficiency) MCV mean corpuscular volume — average red cell size (anemia, iron deficiency) Mg +2 magnesium ion — unbound magnesium (diabetes, parathyroid function, malnutrition) MHCT, HCT, PCV microhematocrit, hematocrit, packed - cell volume (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) MIC minimum inhibitory concentration — part of the C&S that determines antimicrobial selection Mono monocyte — type of white blood cell MRI magnetic resonance imaging (advanced tissue imaging) Na + sodium ion — unbound sodium (dehydration, adrenal gland disease) nRBC nucleated red blood cell — immature red blood cell (bone marrow damage, lead toxicity) PCV, HCT, MHCT packed - cell volume, hematocrit, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) PE physical examination pH urine pH (urinary tract infection, urolithiasis) Phos phosphorus (kidney disorders, ketoacidosis, parathyroid function) PLI pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (pancreatitis) PLT platelet — cells involved in clotting (bleeding disorders) PT prothrombin time (bleeding disorders) PTH parathyroid hormone, parathormone (parathyroid function) Radiograph x-ray image RBC red blood cell count (anemia) REL Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Ehrlichia / Lyme combination test Retic reticulocyte — immature red blood cell (regenerative vs. non-regenerative anemia) RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever SAP serum alkaline phosphatase (liver disorders) Schirmer Tear Test tear production test (keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eye,) Seg segmented neutrophil — type of white blood cell USG Urine specific gravity (urine concentration, kidney function) spec cPL specific canine pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test spec fPL specific feline pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test T4 thyroxine hormone — total (thyroid gland function) TLI trypsin - like immunoreactivity (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) TP total protein (hydration, liver disorders) TPR temperature / pulse / respirations (physical exam vital signs) Trig triglycerides (fat metabolism, liver disorders) TSH thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid gland function) UA urinalysis (kidney function, urinary tract infection, diabetes) Urine Cortisol - Crea Ratio urine cortisol - creatine ratio (screening test for adrenal gland disease) Urine Protein - Crea Ratio urine protein - creatinine ratio (kidney disorders) VWF VonWillebrands factor (bleeding disorder) WBC white blood cell count (infection, inflammation, bone marrow suppression)

«Closer to home, while UK mosquitoes don't carry dangerous infectious diseases, their bites can cause very unpleasant skin infections or irritations, especially for young children.

[6] Mosquitoes, which carry a variety of major infectious diseases, thrive in warm, wet climates.

Even though bed bugs are not believed to carry and transmit infectious diseases, they can still cause you to suffer serious injuries.