Sentences with phrase «death by parasites»

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Leishmaniasis — a disease caused by microscopic parasites, like malaria, and transmitted by sand flies — results in painful skin sores and in its most vicious form causes at least 500,000 deaths worldwide every year.

This will provide information that could be used to illuminate how malaria — a disease which causes more than half a million deaths a year — is spread from human to human by parasite - infected female mosquitoes which bite people to feed on blood they need in order to reproduce.

«What is lost by an oversimplified view of colony health is that honey bees suffer from myriad parasites, diseases and other stressors that are more commonly associated with the death of the colony,» he said.

The Plasmodium falciparum parasite is responsible for most malaria infections and almost all deaths caused by the disease worldwide.

A serious and sometimes fatal infectious disease that is spread by infected mosquitoes, malaria and its parasite Plasmodium falciparum, is responsible for nearly 450,000 deaths every year, the majority of them children under the age of five.

Plasmodium falciparum, a blood - borne parasite carried by mosquitoes, is responsible for most of the estimated 219 million cases, and 655,000 deaths, from malaria per year.

Successful invasion by the parasite can cause flulike illness, and in severe cases, death.

Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites that are transmitted to humans by a mosquito bite, leading to 219 million documented cases and 627,000 deaths worldwide in 2012.

Examples of health problems caused by external parasites include dry and itching skin, excessive shedding of fur, diarrhea, severe skin allergies or even death in dogs since most of the external parasites feed off the dog's blood.

It works by causing the parasites neurological damage, resulting in paralysis and death.

When outside, cats face dangers such as injury or death from being hit by a car, being harmed by another animal or person and diseases and parasites.

Milbemycin is a strong drug able to interfere with a parasite's nerve transmission, causing death of many forms of parasites Milbemycin flavored tablets are given by mouth Reasons for prescribing:

So many loving, purring hearts thanking us for saving them from a fate worse than death... Starvation, serious injury and being eaten alive by parasites and predators.

Nearly every last TNR» ed cat dies an inhumane death by road - kill, from cat and animal attacks, environmental poisons, starvation, dehydration, freezing to death, infections, eaten from the inside - out by parasites, etc..

If not treated, the next stage could develop within 24 hours, particularly if falciparum malaria is the parasite: jaundice, then reduced consciousness and coma (also known as cerebral malaria) followed by death.

Near death, Samus is saved by a vaccin made from the DNA of the last Metroid — the X parasite's only natural predator.

Moore points out that the addition of chlorine to drinking water and swimming pools has been one of the most important contributions to public health and safety in the history of the world, saving hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people from horrible deaths caused by water - borne bacteria, parasites, and viruses.