Sentences with phrase «directly infect humans»
Transmission between humans is limited, however, which indicates that these viruses can not directly infect humans.
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Researchers have developed the first real - time system to watch directly through the microscope as Ebola - like virus particles fuse with human cells to infect them.
But these viruses seem to be dependent on midges to infect humans and are not known to be directly transmitted from infected farm animals.
Earlier models inserted the virus directly to the brain, but this new model infects the mice through the skin, in the same way a mosquito bite spreads the virus in humans.
Since 1994, the virus has killed 57 % of humans that have become infected (4 out of 7) 1, while a Hendra virus diagnosis is almost a guaranteed death sentence for a horse, either as a result of the virus directly or being euthanized due to government regulation that aims to stop Hendra virus spreading via infected horses.