Sentences with phrase «cause human illnesses»

Point: Dogs carry certain intestinal parasites, fleas, and ticks that cause human illnesses.

Further, a newly emerging African flavivirus, Bagaza virus [18], both causes human illness [4], [19] and infects birds in Africa [20], [21].

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Though the virus rarely kills people, it is «so contagious and causes such violent illness to further spread its progeny that is virtually impossible to eliminate... from a crowded human environment,» writes Garrett.

What it does: This bacteria is most notorious for causing severe illnesses such as tuberculosis, leprosy, and Hansen's disease, though most species of mycobacteria in nature are benign in humans, unless in cases of those who have weakened immune systems.

That's why he spent $ 50 million of his own money developing the prototypes and testing them in Third World villages, and they work, and we have to get the word out because 50 percent of all human illness is caused by waterborne pathogens.

With a distinctly human touch, he takes us through true - life experiences of his late father, friends, and patients, documenting the conundrums they faced coping with serious illnesses or age - caused decrepitude.

All the theists on this page are really trying to reach out and connect with their fellow human beings, it's the atheists who have come here to cause problems and diagnose believers with a mental illness.

And before Pasteur, virtually every culture throughout all of human history thought that malevolent, supernatural enti «ties caused illness.

Excessive and unnecessary use of the drugs, which are similar to what doctors prescribe for people's ear infections, strep throats and other illnesses, can lead to super-resistant strains of bacteria that can cause serious human diseases that have no cure.

Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic illness transmitted to humans through contact with food or household items contaminated with rodent urine or faeces.The viruses, which are often transmitted by rodents and bats, can cause fever, vomiting and bleeding, are often fatal.

Ticks can infect humans and pets with bacteria, viruses, and parasites that can cause serious illness.

As carriers — and fertile mixing grounds — for influenza A strains that could cause illness or even pandemic in humans, hogs are important subjects for flu researchers.

It is a viral disease that causes illness in many species including humans and is a pandemic threat.

Scientists study VSV, which causes acute disease in livestock but typically does not lead to illness in people, as a model for viruses that are harmful to humans.

Zika virus, which spreads among humans via mosquitoes, causes illness characterized like many other viral infections by fever, rash and joint pain.

This naturally - occurring «attenuating» flu mutation could provide a new way to make live flu vaccines, which contain viruses that are alive, but «attenuated,» or weakened, so the vaccine itself does not cause illness in humans.

These bacterial infections can cause a range of human illnesses from skin infections to pneumonia.

A section on human illnesses describes the five main kinds of algal seafood poisoning, which causes symptoms such as diarrhea and numbness.

There is a lot of work still to do, and many potential pitfalls before it could be applied to human patients, but in principle almost any illness caused by damaged or ageing tissue — heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's and dozens of others — could be fixed this way.

Seasonal influenza is a serious respiratory disease that causes annual epidemics in humans worldwide, resulting in about three to five million cases of severe illness and about 250,000 to 500,000 deaths, according to the World Health Organization.

While most West Nile Virus (WNV) infections in humans are asymptomatic and go unnoticed, the virus causes serious and sometimes fatal neurologic illness in some people.

Newly identified virus may provide clues to why only certain viruses cause serious illness in humans

«Bird flu» is a phrase similar to «Pig flu», «Dog flu», «Horse flu», or «Human flu» in that it refers to an illness caused by any of many different strains of flu viruses such that the strain in question has adapted to the host.

«But the differences discovered in the distribution machinery in parasites and humans are of particular interest for developing new medicines against the sleeping sickness and other illnesses caused by trypanosomes in humans and animals.»

Adenoviruses are DNA viruses that naturally infect many vertebrates, including humans and monkeys, and cause a wide range of clinical illnesses in humans.

In this way, the mutation is somewhat similar to sickle cell anemia in humans, where having one copy of a mutated gene gives one an immunity to malaria, while two copies causes a painful, life - threatening illness.

The human immune system is highly evolved to protect us from illness, yet it still falls prey to a wide variety of infectious diseases, among them the leading causes of death and disability around the world.

Besides H3N2, the two other flu strains causing illness are H1N1, an influenza strain that caused the 2009 - 2010 swine flu pandemic but is now a regular human flu virus, and an influenza B strain.

«Using an animal model that's relevant to human disease, Fouchier and Kawaoka have shown that relatively few mutations may be required for an influenza virus to evolve into astrain that can pass effectively between individuals and cause serious illness.

Utilizing data collected from human clinical populations, Dr. Ressler and his team identify genetic traits and neural processes that may contribute to the underlying causes of these illnesses and provide novel targets for animal models research.

Taken together, these studies suggest that a mechanism that exists to defend against viruses also has an effect on whether or not the bacteria cause disease in humans — an important finding that may help us better understand why only some of these bacteria lead to illnesses such as pneumonia and meningitis.

These findings provide deep insights into the stage of the parasite lifecycle that is responsible for causing severe illness, and could explain how the parasites are able to stay in the human body for so long.

They are often the cause of many serious illnesses in humans, and that's why you should try to cut their use to a minimum if you can.

And ever since Hippocrates rejected the view that illness is caused by superstitions and evil spirits, humans have endeavored to understand the science behind aging.

It's one of the most powerful medical diets there is because it addresses the main causes of illness and it rebuilds a human being at a cellular level.

Potentially zoonotic bacteria were defined for purposes of this review as those bacteria capable of causing illness in humans following ingestion or contact.

«Now that we understand what the normal human microbiome looks like, we should be able to understand how changes in the microbiome are associated with, or even cause, illnesses.»

But he discovered a lot of illnesses that were caused by selenium deficiency, and cystic fibrosis is one, and he replicated it in monkeys but the establishment was so stubborn about it being a human genetic disease that they fired him.

It might not be a «toxin'the way we traditionally define the term, but the American Institute of Stress warns that chronic stress has been linked to 3 out of 4 doctor's visits and may be one of the root causes behind more than 60 percent of common human illnesses.

Mycotoxins are metabolites of molds that can cause illness in humans and animals after exposure to contaminated foods or environments.

Infoceuticals are specially energetically encoded liquid tinctures that interact directly with the human body - field to remove or resolve blockages caused by EMFs, shocks, traumas, toxins, emotional issues, illness, and injury.

During routine testing, several of the zoo's lorikeets were found to have the disease, which is a pneumonia - like illness that can cause fever, chills, headache, muscles aches, and a dry cough in humans, per the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

If the natural environment is changed and the electromagnetic radiation levels increase, then it may cause illness and disease in humans.

OK, so maybe not the cause of ALL illness, but I would argue that this problem is the root of the majority of the chronic diseases that afflict humans and domesticated animals alike in our modern society.

A bacterial illness transmitted to dogs, humans and other animals by ticks that causes flu - like symptoms.

To make sure that your puppy gets the right balance of nutrients for him include a wide range of fresh, natural, human - grade ingredients and a variety of meals, and never feed old, moldy or sub-par food as it can cause illness.

Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease spread in the urine of wild and domestic animals and capable of causing illness in humans as well as dogs.

The strains that commonly infect domestic pets and livestock can all cause illness in humans, but as we explain in the topics list below, the bacteria are not airborne so simply sharing a house with the animal is perfectly safe.

However, veterinarian Dr. John B. Symes believes that gluten can cause acute or chronic kidney failure in dogs, much like how celiac disease can affect humans and the tainted wheat gluten caused widespread illness amongst our four - legged friends.

Petco's bearded dragons come from eggs that have been washed, which greatly reduces their chance of carrying germs that can cause illness in humans.