Sentences with phrase «for human infection»

«If the mosquito transmission cycle gets knocked down by the storms and has to re-amplify, there may not be enough time after October,» said Scott Weaver, director of University of Texas Medical Branch's Institute for Human Infections and Immunity.

Because of the potential for human infection with Rocky Mountain spotted fever, it is very important to implement a good tick prevention program with products such as K9 Advantix II or Frontline Plus.

The risk for human infection with this type of tapeworm is quite remote but does exist.

Infected animals are a potential source for human infection, thus vaccination is mandated by law in most states.

«Mineral layer around avian flu pathogen may be the cause for human infections.»

While the analysis emphasises the potential for human infection via mosquitos, sexual transmission of Zika virus infection is now well documented.

For example, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C can only infect humans and chimpanzees, and although this species barrier prevents us from being susceptible to every infection out there, the flipside is that finding treatments for human infections can be extremely difficult.

«We have not lost any research,» says Stanley Lemon, director of UTMB's Institute for Human Infections and Immunity.

Because of their fastidious nature, the passing of non-infective oocysts, and the short duration of oocyst shedding, direct contact with cats is not thought to be a primary risk for human infection.»

It is important to note that the significance of dogs as a source for human infection is not clear, and to reiterate, the most common source of infection in humans is contaminated poultry and meat products.

Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.

For choosing among competing theories about what went wrong with Zika, it also helps that arbovirus expert Scott Weaver, the university's director of the Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, and his colleagues have become good at a rather arcane skill: making mosquitoes spit.