Sentences with phrase «endemic regions of»

But cat owners, particularly those that live in the Lyme endemic regions of the northeastern U.S., northern mid-Atlantic, upper Midwest and the northern California coast, should still be aware of the disease.

Established within the past year, the Pf3k Consortium aims to analyse 3,000 P. falciparum samples from the major malaria - endemic regions of the world.

Our primary goal is to undertake a comprehensive analysis of genome variation in 3,000 parasite samples representing the major malaria endemic regions of the world.

The research was done by MalariaGEN, an international network of scientists and clinicians spread across Africa, Asia and other malaria - endemic regions of the world, which is funded primarily by the Wellcome Trust.

The vaccine could stop the short - term, sporadic outbreaks that still occur in endemic regions of the world — naturally antibiotic - resistant strains have twice appeared in Madagascar in recent years.

The research was conducted by MalariaGEN, an international network of scientists and clinicians spread across Africa, Asia and other malaria - endemic regions of the world, largely funded by the Wellcome Trust.

It was demonstrated in individuals living in a malaria endemic region of Papua New Guinea that Duffy binding protein adherence to RBCs is significantly reduced for erythrocytes of P. vivax malaria patients who carry one Duffy - negative allele [15].

Not exact matches

Sub-Saharan Africa, a region of endemic poverty, has 11 % of the world's population, 24 % of the world's burden of disease, and less than 5 % of its health workforce, said Gottlieb.

Breastfeeding mothers traveling to malaria - endemic regions should adhere to the standard recommended dosage of antimalarial medications appropriate for the country they are visiting.

Likewise, some animal species such as the endemic African Monkey (Guenon species), one of the world's most beautiful monkeys found mostly in the West African rain forest region (the Niger Delta Region inclusive), are at the risk of extinregion (the Niger Delta Region inclusive), are at the risk of extinRegion inclusive), are at the risk of extinction.

The department keeps a log of every species identified, where it was sighted, whether it is endemic (exclusive to the region), and what its international and local protection status is.

* The Cape Floristic Region has a Mediterranean climate and is known for its unusually high biodiversity and proportion of endemic species, particularly flora.

This phase 3 trial took place in dengue - endemic areas across five countries in Asia, a region that accounts for over 70 % of the global dengue burden.

Although some regions such as Western Europe are free from rabies, the disease is still endemic in many parts of the world.

Surveillance in these endemic regions is crucial to controlling the disease and reducing the risk of re-introduction into rabies - free areas.

Dengue fever is endemic to tropical and subtropical regions of East Asia and the Americas, but the dengue viruses have recently spread to North America and Europe.

Also hindering the response to the disease: symptoms of other endemic diseases in the region like malaria and typhoid may initially appear similar to Ebola.

Some of these regions, such as the southern Andes and certain isolated mountain ranges in the north, are also home to high numbers of endemic and threatened bird species, she finds.

Most of the 220 Americans who caught measles in 2011 fell ill because they had not received the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine and had either traveled to a region that has endemic measles, such as parts of Europe, or come into contact with someone who had been traveling.

I understand China's desire to curtail the spread of Influenza A, both to buy more time to prepare a vaccine and to limit the opportunities that the virus will mix with the far more lethal avian influenza endemic to the region.

Recently, dengue virus emerged as a prime suspect because it shares many genetic and structural characteristics with ZIKV and is endemic in most of the regions affected by Zika's global spread.

Use of this technology to exclude patients from ivermectin - based treatment at the point of care in Loa - endemic regions would allow resumption / expansion of mass drug administration programs for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis in Central Africa.

The question remains as to whether the presence of CCHFV in Iron Age Germany represents evidence of an ancient epidemic, shows that the pathogen was endemic to the region, or traces the path of an individual who traveled from an infected area, Corthals says.

Because diseases can be endemic to specific regions of the world, these genes exist in thousands of versions, known as alleles.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that men who have traveled to a Zika - endemic region use condoms for six months, regardless of whether they have had symptoms of Zika infection.

Dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever viruses are endemic in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, placing 2.5 billion people at risk for infection.

In addition, people with Lassa fever, a type of hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola and endemic in the region, are being mixed together with Ebola patients in some hospitals, noted Fair.

«Iron supplementation during pregnancy and risk of malaria in malaria - endemic region.»

Among women in a malaria - endemic region in Kenya, daily iron supplementation during pregnancy did not result in an increased risk of malaria, according to a study in the September 8 issue of JAMA.

«The whole world has been in urgent need of a serological method to distinguish dengue virus from Zika virus infections, and this the first to have such high sensitivity and specificity in dengue - endemic regions,» said Eva Harris, study co-author and UC Berkeley professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology at the School of Public Health.

Endemic regions are at increased risk of epidemic outbreaks when new variants of the virus emerge and infect people who have never been exposed to that particular strain of the virus.

Consisting of sample information, analysis BAMs and preliminary baseline genotypes for 2,512 samples collected from major malaria - endemic regions in Africa and Asia, this represents one of the largest collections of open access Plasmodium falciparum genomes in the world.

Plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, was responsible for three major pandemics: the Plague of Justinian (6th — 8th century), the Black Death of the 14th century with recurrent outbreaks until the 18th century, and a 19th century outbreak that spread worldwide and became endemic in several regions, including Madagascar.

In many cases, these successive waves of drug resistance first emerged in the same part of Southeast Asia, the Lower Mekong region, and then spread to other malaria endemic areas.

The primary output of the project will be an open access data resource with companion publications on genomic diversity and population genetics that together provide a detailed description of P. falciparum genome variation across the major malaria endemic regions.

This represents the full pilot set of samples, collected in major malaria - endemic regions in Africa and Asia.

The data obtained in the present study emphasize the importance of the evaluation of Duffy blood group genotypes in malaria endemic areas of the Brazilian Amazon region.

The present study reports the Duffy blood group genotyping in P. vivax malaria patients from four different Brazilian endemic areas, exploring these significant phenotypic associations between blood group variants, as well as polymorphic regions of RBC receptors, with susceptibility or resistance to malaria.

Using ∼ 2000 Plasmodium falciparum genome sequences, we investigated the genetic diversity of eleven gene - targets of promising antimalarial compounds and assessed their potential efficiency across malaria endemic regions.

When the Muse conference flew me in, as many conferences do, to live - tweet its high points and sessions, however, what I found was that the endemic preference of so many authors for craft over biz persists in that New England enclave of writing as it does in so many other regions.

Comfortis quickly became a valuable tool in the fight against fleas, particularly in the flea - endemic Gulf Coast region of the U.S., where veterinarians have made Comfortis their No. 1 choice

Comfortis quickly became a valuable tool in the fight against fleas, particularly in the flea - endemic Gulf Coast region of the U.S., where veterinarians have made Comfortis their No. 1 choice4 for dogs.

This chronic carrier state is what allows anaplasmosis to persist in cow herd in endemic regions and partially explains the unpredictable nature of the disease occurrence.

Diagnosis of canine dirofilariosis in animals which originate from a low - endemic region is difficult for 3 main reasons: 1) possible absence of circulating microfilariae (occult disease), 2) high frequency of a low number of adults, which in turn produces false negative results, using either ELISA or latex agglutination test, 3) possible false sero - positive results, due to cross-reaction with adult antigens of Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens (Schrey, 1996), the agent of subcutaneous dirofilariasis causing chronic pruritic dermatitis in dogs (Tarello, 1999).

On one hand, heartworm incidence has increased in a number of states, especially those states in the most heartworm - endemic areas of the Southeast, Mid-South and Delta regions.

Dirofilaria repens has never been reported in animals from Umbria region although it is considered endemic in dogs living on seacosts of Tuscany (Tarello, 1999) and Marche (Tarello, 2002a).

«One study in an endemic region demonstrated that 89.6 percent of healthy dogs had positive Lyme titers.

Not long ago, heartworm disease (HWD) was considered a problem of the South — it was endemic in the Southeast, Gulf Coast, and Mississippi Delta regions of the United States.

Its nearest neighbour is North Borneo and is famous for its superb cliffs and is the habitat of 232 endemic species, existing within the region's tropical forests.

Lately, the island's best known as the new sanctuary of the once endangered Bali Starling following a highly successful captive breeding program of the bird, which is originally an endemic species from the forested region of West Bali National Park.