Sentences with phrase «infect humans with»

Remember cat bites and scratches don't infect humans with the disease.

It is the Asian tiger mosquito and yellow fever mosquito that infect humans with the Chikungunya virus.

Mosquitoes are capable of carrying Zika and chikungunya viruses simultaneously and can secrete enough in their saliva to potentially infect humans with both viruses in a single bite, according to new research presented today at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH).

«Mosquitoes could infect humans with Zika and chikungunya viruses at the same time: Second study links three mosquito - borne viruses — Zika, chikungunya and dengue — currently hitting Americas to severe neurological problems.»

Despite vaccines and efforts to eradicate the pesky insects, they continue to infect humans with feared diseases like Zika virus, malaria and West Nile virus.

Scientists are currently testing the bacterium as a potential foil against the master vector — the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes — that infect humans with dengue fever, Zika among other diseases.

After more than 20 years of genetic experimentation, researchers have discovered how to breed malaria - resistant mosquitoes that are unable to infect humans with their bites.

Before SARS, before worries about widespread avian flu, the Nipah virus infected humans with surprising ease.

-- Hyperimmune globulin, prepared by purifying and concentrating plasma of immunized animals or previously infected humans with high titers (concentrations) of neutralizing antibody against Ebola virus, which have been shown to be protective in monkeys but are not currently available and would not be expected before mid-2015.

«Previous research has shown that Wolbachia — a genus of bacteria that live inside mosquitoes — render mosquitoes resistant to pathogen infection, thereby preventing the mosquitoes from infecting humans with the pathogens,» said Jason Rasgon, associate professor of entomology, Penn State.

Osborne accused cats of infecting humans with bubonic plague, whooping cough, mumps, and foot - and - mouth disease, of which only bubonic plague even afflicts cats.

Not exact matches

It is introduced into humans through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected animals.

Where there is no close contact with infected birds, there's no human disease.

which was brought on from sitting at the PC eating chips and dip all day arguing with other gods saying humans do exist just look at my pimple it is infected.

Why wouldn't it also use wacko humans to kill children for stupid reasons like being infected with devils.

We visited the canecutters» living quarters, smelled the stench of human waste, watched the prostitutes cavort, stuck our heads into the tiny rooms crowded with bunk beds, and spoke with an old man whose foot had been infected for several years.

I am hoping to have a progressive home and raise my daughter to be open and aware, but I do not think I will allow someone elses child into my home to possibly infect or abuse my daughter... He could certainly be a great guy, or he could not be... He could be a bad guy who could change my daughter by hurting her in many different ways... Sex is sex, but another human being being raised by some one you do not know could potentially be harmful... Even if I know the other childs mother or father... the other child could be not so good at heart... I will just raise my child to focus on herself and her future and her education and wants, needs, likes, and dislikes before jumping in the bed with some body who could hit her, impregnat her, or give her an STD: S

For example, mothers undergoing chemotherapy for cancer and moms who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV, the virus that causes AIDS) should not breastfeed.

Contact with live poultry infected with H7N9 flu appears to be the main means of transmission of this disease to humans, which has affected over 200 people since last spring, killing over 50.

Feeding straight animal milk was often associated with severe illness and death of the baby, either because the milk was not clean due to lack of refrigeration or infected with tuberculosis, or the ingredients were unsuitable for human infants, present in too large or too small quantities.

These include the infant with galactosemia, 53,54 the infant whose mother uses illegal drugs, 55 the infant whose mother has untreated active tuberculosis, and the infant in the United States whose mother has been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.56, 57 In countries with populations at increased risk for other infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies resulting in infant death, the mortality risks associated with not breastfeeding may outweigh the possible risks of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus infection.58 Although most prescribed and over-the-counter medications are safe for the breastfed infant, there are a few medications that mothers may need to take that may make it necessary to interrupt breastfeeding temporarily.

It's found in soil, food, or water that has been contaminated with feces (poop) from infected humans or animals.

Ticks can infect humans and pets with bacteria, viruses, and parasites that can cause serious illness.

Hepatitis is a highly prevalent infection, the World Hepatitis Alliance estimates that as many as one person in 12 worldwide may be infected with the blood - borne strains Hepatitis B or C, which are passed on in similar ways to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

«Health Department officials confirm that the species of mosquito found to be infected with EEE generally feeds on birds, but prudence dictates we take every precaution to protect the public's health and safety when dealing with the potentially serious threat this disease poses to livestock and humans,» Picente said.

But when the researchers added higher concentrations of BX795 to cultured human corneal cells infected with HSV - 1, the infection was quickly cleared.

These effects are also seen in human stomachs infected with H. pylori.

Shukla and colleagues discovered that a small drug molecule called BX795, which is sold to labs for use in experiments, helped clear HSV - 1 infection in cultured human corneal cells, in donated human corneas, and in the corneas of mice infected with HSV - 1.

What's more, an ointment containing the peptide effectively treated wounds infected with methicillin - resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and the increasingly common hospital infection bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii in mice and on laboratory samples of human skin.

Humans can easily develop tularemia through incidental contact with infected rabbits, cats, rodents or other animals (and the ticks or fleas that may be on them).

A high percentage of the human population is infected with the herpes simplex virus and carries the virus in a latent state.

The «training data» were generated from 78 mice infected with influenza or the cytomegalovirus (CMV) and 32 humans infected with flu, CMV or the Epstein - Barr virus.

The mutations effectively lower the threshold for what it takes for a mosquito to become infected with chikungunya, replicate the virus in its body and pass it on to humans with its bite.

Another great example is tuberculosis among elephants moving through populations now that the fences have come down around parks in South Africa and moving through human and domestic animal populations that are infected with tuberculosis or who could be infected with tuberculosis.

«Almost every human being is infected with one or more of these viruses, but most people never develop symptoms, much less breast cancer,» Friedenson said.

Needing proxies for humans, the researchers infected caged ferrets with either the original 1918 flu virus (reconstructed two years ago) or the altered form.

An unknown component of breast milk appears to kill HIV particles and virus - infected cells, as well as blocking HIV transmission in mice with a human immune system.

Wolbachia bacteria, which do not infect humans, cause the eggs of female mosquitoes that mate with infected males to fail to hatch.

In the study, Suarez and his collaborators first infected seven species of poultry with a human isolate of the Chinese H7N9 virus.

In people infected with HIV who develop broadly neutralizing antibodies, this antibody region — called HCDR3 — has about 30 amino acids, about twice as long as what is usual for human antibodies.

Human immunodeficiency virus - type 1 (HIV - 1) replicates actively in infected individuals, yet cells with intracellular depots of viral protein are observed only infrequently.

Human placental cell line Jeg - 3 can be readily infected by a circulating strain of Zika virus (left panel) and completely protected by treatment with nanchangmycin (right panel).

Nonetheless, the research team suggests that keeping an eye out for the development of these mutations in humans infected with H7N9 could help trigger a timely response to prevent potential spread.

Even in Africa, at the heart of the pandemic, in Malawi, 21 percent of MSM are infected with the virus compared with 11 percent of the general population, whereas Zambia's rates are 33 percent versus 15 percent, respectively, says Chris Beyrer, director of the Johns Hopkins Center of Public Health and Human Rights.

The research team then infected specially bred mice carrying G protein - coupled receptors and those without the receptor with an influenza virus — which is known to trigger asthma attacks in humans.

In the present study conducted at IDOR in conjunction with UFRJ, the research team observed that ZIKV infects human - derived iPS neural cells, neurospheres and cerebral organoids causing cell death, malformations and reducing growth by 40 %.

Confocal microscopy of human neural stem cell culture infected with Zika virus (red).

Modus operandi: Since 2011, more than 300 people have been infected with H3N2v, with one documented case of human - to - human transmission.

Humans can become infected after unintentionally ingesting the microscopic oocysts, primarily from not their washing hands after cleaning a cat's litter box or working in a garden with contaminated soil.

By connecting distant places, meanwhile, globalization permits the long - distance transfer of microbes along with their insect vectors and their human victims, as evidenced not only by the spread of HIV around the world, but also by North American cases of cholera and SARS brought by infected passengers on jet flights from South America and Asia, respectively.