Sentences with phrase «infected by a microbe»

A team led by entomologist Wangpeng Shi of China Agricultural University in Beijing noticed that migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria manilensis) infected by a microbe known as Paranosema locustae were less likely to aggregate into swarms than were their healthy counterparts.

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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, respectivelBy 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, respectivelby 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, respectivelby North American cases of cholera and SARS brought by infected passengers on jet flights from South America and Asia, respectivelby infected passengers on jet flights from South America and Asia, respectively.

Early results show that the capsules have cured 32 people infected with drug - resistant Clostridium difficile, a dangerous microbe that installs itself in the gut and causes inflammation marked by diarrhea, cramping and pain.Thomas Louie, an infectious disease physician at the University of Calgary in Alberta, presented the data on October 3 at ID Week, a meeting of infectious disease specialists.

Viruses called bacteriophages can infect a bug and by chance whisk away its resistance gene and deposit it in another microbe.

In a report to be published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe online June 11, researchers showed that immune - system - triggering TB proteins, or antigens, were able to prompt a larger, prolonged immune system response just by being transported from infected dendritic cells to uninfected ones.

When an infected female mosquito bites a human, the microbe enters the victim's bloodstream and makes for the liver, where it multiplies by the tens of thousands.

Decades ago, they really give birth to the field of molecular biology, by studying viruses that infect bacteria and understanding how microbes work.