Sentences with phrase «human infections among»

ST258 K. pneumoniae is the predominant cause of human infections among bacteria classified as carbapenem - resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), which kill approximately 600 people annually in the United States and sicken thousands more.

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Even just a cursory Internet search shows that breastfeeding promotion materials framed in terms of «the risks of formula feeding» are currently being used by some state breastfeeding coalitions, two hospitals, two private corporations, the Departments of Public Health in California and New York, the City of New York, as well as The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs in at least five states... The United States Department of Health and Human Services» Office on Women's Health publishes a 50 - page guide to breastfeeding that points out that «among formula - fed babies, ear infections and diarrhea are more common».

Research in the United States, Canada, Europe, and other developed countries, among predominantly middle - class populations, provides strong evidence that human milk feeding decreases the incidence and / or severity of diarrhea,1 - 5 lower respiratory infection,6 - 9 otitis media,3,10 - 14bacteremia, 15,16 bacterial meningitis, 15,17 botulism, 18 urinary tract infection, 19 and necrotizing enterocolitis.20, 21 There are a number of studies that show a possible protective effect of human milk feeding against sudden infant death syndrome,22 - 24insulin - dependent diabetes mellitus,25 - 27 Crohn's disease, 28,29 ulcerative colitis, 29 lymphoma, 30,31 allergic diseases,32 - 34 and other chronic digestive diseases.35 - 37 Breastfeeding has also been related to possible enhancement of cognitive development.38, 39

M.A. Hylander et al., «Human milk feedings and infection among very low birth weight infants,» Pediatrics 102, no. 3 (Sep 1998): E38.

This study was designed to examine the effect of human milk feedings on the incidence of infection and sepsis / meningitis among hospitalized, VLBW infants controlling for potential confounding variables.

IAS, WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, Consensus Statement, «Asking the Right questions: Advancing an HIV Research Agenda for Women and Children», dated 8 March, 2010 IBFAN, Press Release 2012 on the Right to Adequate Food, Digest of the «Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food to the Human Right Council (A / HRC / 19 / 59)» IYCN Project Preventing malnutrition of mothers and children within the context of HIV and emergencies (Haiti) UNICEF 2011, Levels & trends in child mortality, Report 2011 US Expert Panel Report & Recommendations to the US Congress and US Global AIDS Coordinator Prevention of Mother - to - Child Transmission of HIV, Jan 2010, Summary of successes and challenges of PMTCT, as well as recommendations for improved implementation UNAIDS 2011, Countdown to Zero: Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive, 2011 - 2015 UNAIDS 2011 (with WHO and UNICEF) Global epidemic update UNICEF 2011, Levels & trends in child mortality, Report 2011

Future research is needed to investigate whether the protective effect of human milk feedings against infection among VLBW infants extends beyond hospital discharge.

«West Nile may have been here long before they recognized it — it could have been transmitted among the bird populations for some time, perhaps a year or more, before it reached the infection threshold to spill over and begin affecting humans.»

Among the copious species of poultry in China, quail and chickens are the likely sources of infection of H7N9 influenza virus to humans, according to a paper published ahead of print in the Journal of Virology.

Zika virus, which spreads among humans via mosquitoes, causes illness characterized like many other viral infections by fever, rash and joint pain.

The human infection most closely related to it is SARS, a bat virus that jumped to humans and spread worldwide in 2003 — notably among healthcare workers.

«We don't completely understand why those species occur during cholera infection, but that phenomenon may offer clues as to why we observe different species of gut bacteria among humans in different parts of the world.

Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infections were more common among men who had female partners with oral and / or genital HPV infection, suggesting that the transmission of HPV occurs via oral - oral and oral - genital routes, according to a McGill University study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

«However, the fact that the emerging H7N9 virus has caused infection mainly in individual human cases suggests that it has not acquired all the necessary properties for efficient transmission among humans,» notes Dr. Kuiken.

The Elias lab has shown that pigmented skin provides a better skin barrier, which was critically important for protection against dehydration and infections among ancestral humans living in sub-Saharan Africa.

Den Boon says these four groups allowed researchers to study the full progression from viral infection to cancer — a unique opportunity among human cancers.

And hospitals» C. diff infection rates among Medicare participants are publicly reported on the Hospital Compare website operated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Like human kids bringing back bugs from school, play among young wild chimpanzees may spread respiratory infections to their families

Cats are the parasites» main host, but the infection is also spread among other animals, including humans.

Because people exposed to Ebola show phenotypic variability in susceptibility to infection and disease severity, it is likely that human genetic variation contributes to individual immunity and infectivity and that host genetic differences are one factor among many that interact to influence the infection.

Undiagnosed coinfection with a second RFLP type [19] or with another tickborne infection, such as human granulocytic ehrlichiosis [4], may have contributed to the overlap in clinical symptoms observed among persons infected with the different subtypes (table 2).

In the resistant infections, the communication system used by MRSA bacteria to «talk» among each other is silenced, and with it the ability to release toxins that damage human cells.

In humans, C. diff most commonly affects older adults in hospitals or long - term care centers — but studies have shown that infection rates are increasing among young, healthy adults who aren't on antibiotics and haven't spent time in medical facilities.

This two viruses are among the eight members of herbs virus family that infect human leading to variety illness extending from cold sores, chicken pox brain infection and several cancers.

Responsible Dating is among the very few websites in the STD dating industry that boasts of oodles of information about infections caused by the herpes simplex virus and the human Papillomavirus, both of which are considered as the most common sexually transmitted infections in the United States.

Host susceptibility to infection varies greatly among the general population, with increased susceptibility seen in humans who are unvaccinated, very young or elderly, immunosuppressed, or pregnant or who have injuries (e.g., scratches, bite wounds) that pose a break in the normal defense mechanisms.3

Parasitic zoonoses associated with companion animals are among the most widely spread infections of humans in a European context.

However, because Lyme is potentially quite severe and is common among humans and dogs, it is wise to know how the disease is transmitted and what the signs of infection are in your pets.

Among other things, human tears potentially could be tested for viral RNA or antibodies, which would offer a less painful way to diagnose Zika infection than drawing blood.

Epidemiology of human hookworm infections among adult villagers in Hejiang and Santai Counties, Sichuan Province, China.

The impact of the full program (prenatal and infancy home visitation) on children's use of alcohol and number of sexual partners is important because recent evidence indicates that alcohol use prior to age 15 years multiplies the risk of alcoholism in adulthood26 and multiple partners increase the risk for sexually transmitted diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus infection.27, 28 The effect of the program on alcohol use is consistent with greater alcohol consumption observed among adult rhesus monkeys who experienced aberrant rearing.29 These findings must be tempered, however, with an acknowledgment of their limitations.