Sentences with phrase «human pathogens»

The emergence of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens has become a major threat to modern medicine and in particular hospitalized patients.

When studying bacteria, human pathogens always get a lot of interest and free press.

Human pathogens gain enormous advantage by becoming resistant to common antibiotics.

Hahn's lab studies ape relatives of human pathogens such as HIV and malaria to gain a greater insight into the microbes that cause these diseases in humans.

EGCG present in matcha attaches itself to the lipid membrane and inhibits the growth of human pathogens such as influenza A virus, hepatitis B and C virus, and Candida albicans yeast.

In addition to the chemical legacy carried by modern people, the book focuses particularly on the growing threat of zoonoses — diseases that jump from animal to human — that can arise from the incursion of people on wild habitats: Of the 58 percent of human diseases caused by germs, 816 of 1,407 known human pathogens emerge from wild animal populations.

Quick quiz: What is the world's most deadly human pathogen for which there is no vaccine?

Jingmenviruses were first described in 2014 and are related to flaviviruses — a large family of viruses that includes human pathogens such as yellow fever, West Nile and Japanese encephalitis viruses.

Pre-print: Deep genome annotation of the opportunistic human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae D39 — Jelle Slager — bioRxiv

Elodie Ghedin, a biomedical researcher at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, who uses genomic sequencing techniques to generate insights into human pathogens.

The Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule requires that food processors implement controls that prevent food contamination with human pathogens.

Ominously, the gene seems to move easily between the strains of the common human pathogen Escherichia coli, as well as other common bacteria such as Klebsiella and Pseudomonas, which cause a large proportion of blood, urinary and gut infections.

Their research, published in January, shows that bacteriophages can rapidly accelerate the evolution of human pathogens by transferring genes from one bacterial species to another.

P. aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen that is commonly used for biofilm studies.

The expansion of parasite - specific SPDs was the main feature that distinguished T. gondii from its closest relatives, Hammondia hammondi and Neospora caninum, which are not human pathogens.

With 75 % of all new human pathogens originating from animals, vaccines are key to limiting the future spread of infectious diseases between animals to people around the world» she added.

«Norovirus is one of the deadliest human pathogens that we know the least about,» said first author Craig B. Wilen, MD, PhD, an instructor in pathology and immunology.

Moreover, he adds, there are no U.S. laws guarding against the re-creation of controlled human pathogens other than smallpox.

The bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, or S. aureus, is an important human pathogen and the most common cause of skin infections in people.

EBOV is one of the most lethal human pathogens known and causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans.

As the discovered system is widely conserved across gram - positive bacteria — a large class that includes the notorious human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus — the study explains previous reports that identified McsB and ClpC as virulence factors.

«The molecule is essential for growth in a wide range of bacteria, including many human pathogens, and we are only in the early stages of understanding how it controls important processes in bacteria.»

These migrations were accompanied by two distinct populations of the specific human pathogen Helicobacter pylori, called hpSahul and hspMaori, respectively.

Dengue virus (DENV) is a mosquito - borne human pathogen of global medical importance.

When the worms were healthy, they housed a large population of Bacteroides — a group of helpful, supportive, symbiotic bacteria — and a smaller population of Proteobacteria — a group that contains a number of dangerous human pathogens.

These temperatures eliminate human pathogens while allowing beneficial compost and soil organisms to flourish.

«It is just a range extension of a mosquito that has been shown to possibly be able to vector different human pathogens that we currently don't have [in British Columbia],» said Scott McMahon, one of the authors and national operations manager at Culex.

Mosquitoes and ticks may spread more disease, but many people find bedbugs more repulsive, even though documented cases of bedbug - human pathogen transmission are rare.

HIV is a newcomer among human pathogens, having caused the first known cases of aids within the past few decades.

The newly discovered viruses appeared in every family or genus of RNA virus associated with vertebrate infection, including those containing human pathogens such as influenza virus.

Scientists have long predicted large - scale responses of infectious diseases to climate change, giving rise to a polarizing debate, especially concerning human pathogens for which socioeconomic drivers and control measures can limit the detection of climate - mediated changes.

Moreover, V. cholerae «didn't look like a typical human pathogen,» Fraser says.

The discovery of the cellular receptor for HCMV represents a new step toward the control of this highly prevalent human pathogen.

But as human contact with wildlife becomes more frequent and people continue to encroach on habitat, wild animals are being exposed to human pathogens more than ever.

But the staghorn coral was not so lucky — it experienced a decline in microbial diversity and increases in populations of Sphingomonas and Pseudomonas bacteria, both of which are familiar human pathogens.

They do, however, harbor human pathogens: At least 27 viruses, bacteria, protozoa and more have been found in bedbugs, although these microbes do not reproduce or multiply within the insects.

«Their silent but vast and ongoing war underpins everything from how global nutrient cycles — which rely on bacteria to produce half of Earth's biomass — operate, to how human pathogens evolve,» he says.

«For example, the bacteria that cause cholera and diphtheria have been infected by viruses that provide genes coding for toxins, which converted these bacteria into significant human pathogens.»

Disturbing new findings have provided a key link in the chain of evidence connecting antibiotics used on livestock to outbreaks of disease caused by antibiotic - resistant human pathogens.

Calling the paper «a blueprint that could conceivably enable terrorists to inexpensively create human pathogens,» Representative Dave Weldon (R - FL) introduced a resolution 26 July criticizing AAAS's decision to publish it.

The geographical distribution of strains of a specific human pathogen helps to define patterns of colonization out of Taiwan.

The computer systems used by FDA aren't compatible with those of USDA or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which tracks human pathogens.