Sentences with phrase «deadly viruses like»

Some flu experts fear that if a deadly virus like H5N1 can mutate enough to spread easily among people, no one will be prepared to deal with it.

Not exact matches

And like the deadly SARS virus, this one also got its start in bats.

Now, a new study led by infectious disease researcher Dr. Sachiko Seo, formerly of Fred Hutch and now a physician at the National Cancer Research Center East in Chiba, Japan, and Boeckh and published last month in the journal Haematologica has found that like more «serious» viruses, rhinovirus can cause pneumonia — and when it does, it can be deadly to those recovering from transplantation.

While fully intact Ebola virus is a biosafety level (BSL) 4 pathogen and dangerous to work with, the team created a virus - like particle comprised of the Ebola proteins (glycoproteins and matrix proteins) that enable the virus to enter cells, but without many of the genes and proteins that make the virus deadly.

That means finding every single case, tracing that patient's contacts, and isolating all of those who show symptoms — a huge challenge in a country where many villages are hours away from a road, Ebola symptoms like diarrhea and fever are common, and the fear of the deadly virus drives some contacts to skip town and seek out a traditional healer.

So far, the killer virus looks like a run - of - the - mill swine flu, not an avian virus as some virologists had suspected — leaving scientists to wonder why the strain was so deadly.

Zika is not as easily spread as deadly Ebola, so the laboratories that work with the mosquito - carried virus do not require spacesuit - like protection gear.

The fact that viruses like the deadly Ebola and Marburg viruses, as well as the distantly related viruses that cause measles and rabies, are only found in a limited number of species suggests that those viruses are relatively new — after all, those organisms came along somewhat recently in evolutionary time.

During his visit to the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Isa learned about the research that Dr. Lavoie and his team do to find ways to protect infants born prematurely like Isa, from infection - related complications in the NICU and from deadly viruses during the first year of infancy.

«Liberia's national existence is «seriously threatened» by the deadly Ebola virus that is «spreading like wild fire and devouring everything in its path,» the country's national defense minister told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday.

PULLMAN, Wash. — A team of scientists from Washington State University has discovered how one of the planet's most deadly known viruses employs burglary - ring - like teamwork to infiltrate the human cell.

Spay / neuter decreases the fight for resources among stray animals, preventing the spread of diseases like the deadly parvo virus and reducing mating related aggression which can often lead to dogs being rounded up and put into public shelters where they have little chance of survival.

Viruses like rabies can run rampant in stray populations, and since the deadly disease can be transmitted to humans through dog bites, it's a concern in areas where people don't have adequate access to medical care.