Sentences with phrase «heads during infection»

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Scientists have linked infections during pregnancy to stillbirths and birth defects such as microcephaly, where a baby's head is abnormally small.

The idea is that the abundance of stem - focused antibodies — amplified from the two shots of vaccine — will come to the rescue during a natural infection from a virus that possesses a third, totally different head.

An association between Zika infections during pregnancy and the birth of babies with microcephaly (a birth defect in which an infant's brain does not develop properly resulting in a smaller than normal head) was first suggested by Brazilian physicians in August 2015, and in November microcephaly cases potentially associated with Zika started to be recorded; three months later WHO made its announcement.

In humans, Zika virus infection during pregnancy has been linked to a suite of birth defects including a condition known as microcephaly, which leaves babies with shrunken heads and brains (SN: 4/2/16, p. 26).

Now, the Laboratory of Malaria Immunology Team at the Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC), Osaka University, headed by Professor Cevayir COBAN, have used mouse malaria models to show that robust immune activation and invasion of parasite by - products into the bone marrow during and after malaria infection leads to an adverse balance in bone homeostasis - a process usually tightly controlled - by bone forming osteoblasts and bone resorbing osteoclasts.

Petersen's remarks were among the strongest suggestions yet from a top CDC scientist that Zika infection during pregnancy can — at least in some cases — cause microcephaly, a condition in which infants are born with abnormally small heads and possibly brain damage.

In fact, she recommends eating an entire head of garlic per day (one clove every few hours during waking hours) until the illness or infection subsides.

Tear stains can also be a side effect of other issues like and ear infection or the cutting of adult teeth during which the dogs head structure and mouth are undergoing changes and causing pressure on the tear ducts.