Several of these SIVcpz isolates closely resembled the family of HIVs that most
commonly infect humans.
Not exact matches
The Zika virus is most
commonly transmitted in
humans as the result of a bite from an
infected mosquito or from an
infected human to another
human.
Both manuscripts detail the role of the same AP2 - G transcriptional regulator with remarkably similar findings — despite the different groups» having worked with two highly diverged malaria parasites: Plasmodium falciparum, which causes the most severe form of
human malaria and Plasmodium berghei, a
commonly used model parasite
infecting rodents.
The animals, which live in close contact with
humans across the region, carry a wide variety of astroviruses, pathogens that
commonly cause diarrhea in people and can also
infect the kidney, liver, and brain, researchers report this week in PLOS Pathogens.
The virus,
commonly known as VSV, can
infect cattle, but it rarely causes serious infections in
humans.
Lyme disease is an infection caused by a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi that's spread to
humans by
infected black - legged ticks,
commonly known as deer ticks.
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.
Rabies is an important disease and although it is more common in dogs (and more
commonly passed from dogs to
humans than cats to
humans) cats can be
infected and can be a source of
human infection.
Most
commonly this occurs when an
infected animal bites a
human, but there have been cases of rabies transmitted when saliva was in contact with open wounds or mucous membranes.
Rabies is most
commonly spread from
infected animals to
humans and other animals in the form of a bite.
There are seven genotypes, A through G, with dogs being most
commonly infected by C and D, cats with F, and
humans most
commonly infected with A and B. Genotype E and F are rarely reported.