Sentences with phrase «easily infect humans»
The mutant far more easily infected human immune cells than did the ancestral pseudotype, the team reports today in Cell.
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Humans can easily develop tularemia through incidental contact with infected rabbits, cats, rodents or other animals (and the ticks or fleas that may be on them).
The second challenge to researching viral therapies for childhood cancers is the fact that mouse cells don't get infected with human viruses as easily as human cells.
Since at least 2005, researchers have been deliberately creating influenza viruses that are both highly virulent (killing several percent or more of those infected) and spread easily among humans.
If Asian bird flu mutates into a form that spreads easily between humans, an outbreak of just 40 infected people would be enough to cause a global pandemic.
A retrovirus that naturally infects many nonhuman primate species can easily jump the species barrier to humans and does so frequently among bushmeat hunters in Africa, according to a study published in the 19 March issue of The Lancet.
Avian influenza virus H7N9, which killed several dozen people in China earlier this year, has not yet acquired the changes needed to infect humans easily, according to a new study by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI).
Although these viruses do not normally infect humans, over time they can adapt to humans and gain the ability to spread more easily from person to person, underscoring the importance of finding out which mutations could enhance the ability of these viruses to infect humans.
LA JOLLA, CA — December 5, 2013 — Avian influenza virus H7N9, which killed several dozen people in China earlier this year, has not yet acquired the changes needed to infect humans easily, according to a new study by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI).
We can't predict which virus species will slip into eggs and sperm and provide us with the next piece of the human genome, but here is one fact that's pretty unsettling to ponder: If you put a koala retrovirus in a dish with human cells, it can easily infect them.
However, influenza viruses are constantly changing via random mutation and it is possible for a virus to mutate so that it could one day cross infect and spread easily between humans.
Pets can easily be infected by intestinal parasites, a source of disease in not only cats and dogs, but also in the humans who care for them.
However, influenza viruses are constantly changing and it is possible for a virus to change so that it could infect humans and spread easily between humans.
Without keeping track of how the cats are doing and what changes are occurring in the colony, the cat population can easily grow out of control again or a sick cat can infect the community creating both human and animal health risks.