A bacterial infection
caused by an organism called spirochete.Syphilis belongs to a group of infections which are transmitted sexually.
Infections
caused by the organism Staphylococcus aureus (Staph) rose by 2.4 %, and worryingly the increase is more prevalent in the resistant strain MRSA.
The disease is exactly as the name suggest — worms in the heart — and is
caused by the organism
Kennel cough is most commonly associated with a bacterial infection
caused by the organism Bordetella bronchiseptica.
Instead, most ear infections in dogs are
caused by organisms or bugs that are naturally present in the dog's ear all the time.
In mice and rats, respiratory problems are often
caused by an organism called mycoplasma, which can cause many respiratory signs and often leads to chronic respiratory disease.
Even when they are treated, the damage
caused by these organisms before they are killed is permanent.
Cats can also develop nodules on the skin of their abdomen from mycobacterial infections, which are
caused by organisms commonly found in soil and water.
Heartworm infection,
caused by the organism Dirofilaria immitis, is spread by mosquitoes (at least 70 species of mosquitoes serve as intermediate hosts carrying these organisms).
Heartworm - Heartworm infection,
caused by the organism Dirofilaria immitis, is spread by mosquitoes (at least 70 species of mosquitoes serve as intermediate hosts carrying these organisms).
Feline pneumonitis is
caused by the organism Chlamydia psittaci.
This isn't a form of bacteria, but
caused by an organism called a protozoa or parasite.
Most sexually transmitted diseases are caused by bacteria or viruses, but some are
caused by organisms that are classified as completely different lifeforms.
The cellular damage
caused by the organism brings about inflammation, which is thought to increase the host's risk for HIV infection.
Not exact matches
In reality, they assumed, a deeper analysis of
organisms shows that their behavior is also explained
by efficient
causes operating among their parts or on them from without.
No
organism is totally determined
by the efficient
causes upon it, since every actual occasion has at least some iota of mentality or self - determination.
Sen. Dick Durbin will introduce a package of legislative reforms Tuesday designed to bolster the safety of school meals
by requiring more stringent tests for disease -
causing organisms and
by giving school authorities more information about the safety records of food suppliers.
Infections in pregnancy can be
caused by bacteria, viruses, or other
organisms called protozoa.
Berkowitz concluded that caries is an infectious and transmissible disease primarily
caused by streptococcus mutans.16 Accumulation of this
organism to pathogenic levels results from frequent and prolonged exposure to cariogenic substrates.
However, the presence of any potentially disease -
causing organisms in drinking water supplies is of concern, particularly to upstate communities that receive water from that part of the Catskill / Delaware system that has not been treated
by the City's UV disinfection facility in Westchester County.
Caused by micro-
organisms on the skin or body, they only become a problem when the
organisms have an opportunity to breach the body's natural defences through an open or via intravenous devices.
Just taking antibiotics may disturb the ecosystem in our gut
by killing not only disease -
causing organisms but also good bacteria, like Lactobacillus acidophilus.
There it benefits marine
organisms by helping to reduce the acidification
caused by carbon concentrations that has been found to harm corals and shellfish.
«We are trying to understand the
causes of aging
by linking the mechanisms that control the oxidation of proteins at the cellular level with the mechanisms that determine the lifespan of the whole
organism,» Apfeld says.
«But then we found that certain diseases, like irritable bowel syndrome, seem to be
caused by imbalances in the
organisms that communicate with the host.
B. subtilis is harmless to humans, but some dangerous bacteria like Bacillus anthracis, the
organism that
causes anthrax, also form spores
by a similar mechanism.
Gluten intolerance is often
caused by celiac disease, which makes the human
organism sensitive to gluten proteins from certain cereals.
They are all
caused by microbes — minute
organisms which have fascinated us ever since the Dutch merchant Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovered the invisible but teeming world of «small life» in the 17th century.
The researchers were unsure whether the high diversity of leaf miners at Mexican Hat compared to other early Paleocene sites, where there is little or no leaf mining, was
caused by insects that survived the extinction event in refugia — areas where
organisms persist during adverse conditions — or were due to range expansions of insects from somewhere else during the early Paleocene.
The new work,
by James Mitchell at the Harvard School of Public Health and colleagues, suggests that holding back calories
causes cells to produce hydrogen sulfide, which somehow makes tissues more resilient and prolongs the life of laboratory
organisms.
If an engineered
organism mates with a wild counterpart, the transcription factors render the offspring unable to survive
by activating genes that
cause their cells to die.
As for releasing a synthetic
organism into the environment — for example, a souped - up algae for energy production, which one ecologist worried could
cause havoc — at least for now, the risks are not much different from those of more conventional genetically modified products, which are covered
by existing rules, said science policy expert Michael Rodemeyer of the University of Virginia.
He found major changes in baby coral
caused by these chemical additions to the water, both during the lifetime of the
organisms and beyond.
«Recent studies in Africa and South Asia
by people using sophisticated techniques show this
organism is a very common, underappreciated
cause of diarrheal disease in underresourced countries.»
Sunburn in living
organisms is
caused by ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun damaging the DNA in the cells.
Louca suspects that interactions between
organisms that are not directly related to metabolic function, such as infection
by viruses or «chemical warfare» between microbes, may be
causing this variation of species that can not be explained based on environmental conditions.
Tropical storms make their mark, but even more damage is
caused by other
organisms such as parrotfish, sponges and fungi.
Researchers determined whom to contact based on records collected
by a CDC surveillance project known as the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), which collects reports of lab - confirmed infections
caused by 10 different
organisms.
In some
organisms, the assignment of a cell to the germ line is
caused by an inheritance - based mechanism: Before there is even an embryo, the molecular content of some cells predetermines them to develop as either germ or soma.
These blood tests are inaccurate because they rely on antibody detection of antigens produced
by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the
organism that
causes tuberculosis.
The mystery of why mycobacteria — a family that includes the microbe that
causes TB — are extraordinarily hardy
organisms is being unravelled
by University of Otago, New Zealand, research that offers new hope for developing a revolutionary class of antibiotics to tackle TB.
Vaccines work
by exposing the body to the disease -
causing agent or a fragment of it, which primes the immune system to produce a flood of antibodies that stick to the infecting
organism and block it from entering cells.
Until now, however, nobody has found any evidence that apoptosis is involved in diseases
caused by more complex parasitic
organisms.
Astronomers» current strategy for finding life on another planet is to detect the chemical composition of that planet's atmosphere, on the look - out for chemical imbalances which could be
caused by living
organisms.
The research group, led
by molecular biologist Eran Pichersky of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, studied two model
organisms that are easily manipulated in the laboratory: basil, which produces large amounts of eugenol, and the petunia flower, whose scent is
caused by three aromatic compounds including isoeugenol.
Epigenetics is the study of changes in
organisms caused by modifying gene expression —
by alcohol, for example — rather than alteration of the genetic code itself.
Madrid, Spain: The antibiotic combination treatment piperacillin - tazobactam was significantly less effective than meropenem when treating potentially fatal bloodstream infections (BSI)
caused by ceftriaxone - resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae and should be avoided when treating these
organisms, according to research presented at the 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)[1].
An obvious question is how cellular senescence
caused by deficient DNA repair finally affects the aging of a living
organism.
The only time period that remotely resembles the ocean changes happening today, based on geologic records, was 56 million years ago when carbon mysteriously doubled in the atmosphere, global temperatures rose
by approximately six degrees and ocean pH dropped sharply, driving up ocean acidity and
causing a mass extinction among single - celled ocean
organisms.
Although the burden of invasive disease
caused by A. fumigatus is substantial, the basic biology of the
organism is mostly obscure.