These findings have opened the door to new ways to combat
dangerous human viruses.
Not exact matches
Some of the potentially
dangerous viruses that can be transmitted through
human milk include cytomegalovirus (CMV) and HIV (AIDS).
Aside from well - established things like rabies
virus, SARS coronavirus (the
virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome) and Marburg
virus (an extremely
dangerous but rare hemorrhagic fever pathogen), bats appear to carry a plethora of other germs with unclear effects on
human health, if any.
When they delivered this
virus into the noses of mice and ferrets, the animals» epithelial cells produced the desired antibodies; they then «challenged» the animals with a range of
dangerous influenza
viruses that no single vaccine can outwit, including H5N1, which kills both birds and
humans, and the H1N1 that caused the infamous 1918 pandemic.
These relations to the common mosquito live in the tropics and subtropics and transmit diseases
dangerous to
humans and animals from avian malaria to the West Nile
virus.
Now, more mosquitoes are drawing blood from a rat that carries a
virus dangerous to
humans.
And of particular concern is the fact that pig cells are uniquely receptive to influenza
viruses from swine,
humans, and birds, making swine a
dangerous «mixing vessel» for new variants.
This molecule, a type of sugar, has become chemically glued to a location on the
virus's surface near where
human antibodies — immune system watchdogs — attach to mark the
virus as a
dangerous invader.
Although the simian foamy
virus (SFV) is not known to cause disease or to spread between
humans, researchers say the
virus is something to monitor closely; given enough time, it could evolve into something more
dangerous — just like its two retrovirus cousins, one of which sparked the AIDS pandemic.
That very likely means that the
virus will transmit between
humans as well, Fouchier told ScienceInsider last month, adding that the lab strain is «probably one of the most
dangerous viruses you can make.»
«Further research to determine whether the MERS
virus is
dangerous to
humans in Kenya and other sub-Saharan countries is critical.»
«This is an unusually
dangerous virus for
humans,» said Keiji Fukuda, assistant director - general for health security of the World Health Organization (WHO), at a press conference in Beijing this morning.
In 2015, researchers discovered that a 30,000 - year - old
virus isolated from permafrost was still infectious (though, fortunately, not
dangerous to
humans).
Although most pig and bird forms of influenza are not
dangerous to
humans, occasionally a
virus mutates into a zoonotic form (able to be transmitted from animals to people.)
As new evolving
viruses becoming more
dangerous, local researchers are in a race against time to discover the mutations and protect the
human race.
The «one world, one health» initiative is an effort to boost and coordinate surveillance for potentially
dangerous viruses and other pathogens that can mix and jump among livestock, birds, agricultural workers and the broader
human community.
These foods are more likely to contain bacteria,
viruses, mold, and parasites that can be incredibly
dangerous to
human health.