Sentences with phrase «human deaths from the disease»

Indeed, the countries that have invested most in dog vaccination are the ones where human deaths from the disease have been virtually eliminated.

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Andrew Batholomaeus, a consultant toxicologist at Australia's University of Canberra and the University of Queensland, states that «the potential human health consequences of discouraging the use of pyriproxyfen in drinking water storage and other mosquito - reduction programs is catastrophic with potential deaths and serious disease from otherwise avoidable malaria, dengue and other mosquito - borne diseases numbered in at least the hundreds of thousands.»

The result is millions of preventable deaths from infectious and non-communicable diseases globally, reduced economic growth, and limited human development.

Apart from the obvious obstacle they pose to economic and social development, these diseases are the cause of enormous human suffering and high death counts.

Frankenstein's aim was not to rule the world à la Dr. Evil, but «to banish disease from the human frame and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death.»

This will provide information that could be used to illuminate how malaria — a disease which causes more than half a million deaths a year — is spread from human to human by parasite - infected female mosquitoes which bite people to feed on blood they need in order to reproduce.

Not only can these social scientists correctly arrange all 206 bones that make up an adult human skeleton, they can also determine facts about peoples» lives — age at death, sex, stature, nutritional deficiencies, levels of work stress, exposure to infectious disease and traumas — from a careful examination of the bones.

Most studies in humans have shown a clear correlation between higher socioeconomic status and lower risk of death or illness from stress - related diseases such as heart attacks and diabetes.

Human skeletal biologist Simon Mays from the University of Southampton, UK, was unable to deduce the cause of death from the skeleton and he speculates that Stonehenge Man died of an infectious disease that killed too quickly to leave a trace on bones.

Globally, leptospirosis is the most important bacterial disease transmitted from animals to humans, with more than 1 million cases annually and 60,000 deaths.

The human immune system is highly evolved to protect us from illness, yet it still falls prey to a wide variety of infectious diseases, among them the leading causes of death and disability around the world.

High levels of IGF - 1 has been shown in a wide variety of organisms, including humans, to be associated with increased risk of death from age - related diseases such as cancer and heart disease.

It is much more humane to put an animal to sleep painlessly than to have it go crazy from being penned without human love or left to die an agonizing, slow death in the «wild» from hunger, disease, injury or abuse.

Our furry friends also carry zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be passed from animals and humans) and one lick can lead to your potential death.

Air pollution from vehicles is also linked with numerous harmful effects on human health, including respiratory problems, heart and lung diseases, and premature death.

Air pollution from petroleum fueled vehicles causes numerous harmful effects to human health, including respiratory problems, heart and lung diseases, and premature death.