Sentences with phrase «infection during the outbreak»

«This paper provides compelling evidence of the link between Guillain - Barré syndrome and Zika virus infection during the outbreak in French Polynesia in 2013.

The birth prevalence of neonatal microcephaly and other central nervous system malformations greatly increased between 2015 and mid-2016 in Brazil.1 - 3 Several reports1,2,4 - 6 suggested an association between these findings and Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during outbreaks in Brazil and French Polynesia.

Since you are more likely to spread the infection during an outbreak, it is also important to take some measures to protect your partner from contracting the illness.

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Following recent outbreaks of Zika virus and the potential health dangers of infection, especially during pregnancy, scientists are striving to rapidly develop effective antiviral drugs that can halt transmission.

Furthermore, new antiviral drugs are required for rapid treatment of acute infections by viruses like Marburg and Ebola viruses during acute viral outbreaks.

They also hope to identify which potent antibodies could be used to treat people in emergency situations, such as a sudden outbreak or in the case of infection during pregnancy.

In the study, researchers used the blood of seven people who survived Ebola Bundibugyo virus infection during the 2007 outbreak in Uganda to isolate a large number of B cells that produce antibodies, which are the small protein molecules capable of inactivating the virus.

«The increased number of newborns with microcephaly observed during the Zika outbreak in Brazil is linked to Zika infection of the mother during early pregnancy,» explains Drexler.

Undiagnosed Ebola virus infection was probably very rare in international workers who were deployed during the 2013 - 2015 outbreak of the virus in West Africa, despite mild and asymptomatic cases of Ebola being known to occur, according to new research published in the journal PLOS Medicine.

To better understand chikungunya infection rates in the blood supply, BSRI, in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Puerto Rico Blood Banks, Creative Testing Solutions and Hologic, a company that manufactures blood screening assays, recently completed a large study that documented very high rates of infected donations during the 2014 outbreak in Puerto Rico which infected nearly 25 % of the territory's population.

However, the study also found that potentially avoidable events putting frontline workers at risk of infection were quite common during the outbreak, with one in six participants classified as having «near miss» exposure events.

«A single - dose aerosol vaccine would enable both prevention and containment of Ebola infections, in a natural outbreak setting where healthcare infrastructure is lacking or during bioterrorism and biological warfare scenarios.»

University of Tokyo researchers have developed a real - time statistical method to estimate death risk (i.e., the probability of death given infection) and identify risk factors of death during an infectious disease outbreak.

Some individuals may be better suited than others to work in high - risk job placements during an infectious disease outbreak because they are more likely to have an adequate response to a vaccine, or because their genotype is associated with a lower risk of developing severe infection.

Genomic data about individuals and groups might be consulted during disease outbreaks, in planning for public health programs, or in developing new or assessing existing public health policies; for instance, where are the hotspots for infection (and are these associated with specific pathogen or host genomics), where should vaccines be deployed most urgently, which therapies should be offered to which genomic populations, and where should treatment programs, isolation policies or public health control programs be implemented to halt the spread of infections?

Feline CDV infections have been recorded in captive large felids for some time [13], [14]; however, the importance of the virus as a threat to wild felines was not recognized until an outbreak affecting lions (Panthera leo) in the Serengeti in 1994 [15], during which an estimated 1,000 animals (approximately 30 %) disappeared.

Based on the experience in French Polynesia, Willison estimates that the risk of Guillain - Barre syndrome in the general population during the outbreak in French Polynesia was 0.24 per 1,000 Zika virus infections.

«Dead Rising» (working title) Feature - length project and sequel to «Dead Rising: Watchtower» Premieres Spring 2016 A sequel to the popular «Dead Rising: Watchtower,» which takes place during a large - scale Zombie outbreak when a mandatory government vaccine fails to stop the infection from spreading.

Since herpesvirus outbreaks in adult cats are usually the result of reactivation of dormant herpes infection obtained during kittenhood, immune - suppression is implicated.

Until such a time as extent of this infection is realised, Border Collie Rescue will be applying biosecurity precautions to all dogs coming into our care from UK farms and rural communities in line with our procedures during the 2001 outbreak.

Sandra Newbury, Jennifer Godhardt - Cooper, Keith P Poulsen, Francine Cigel, Laura Balanoff, Kathy Toohey - Kurth; Prolonged intermittent virus shedding during an outbreak of canine influenza A H3N2 virus infection in dogs in three Chicago area shelters: 16 cases (March to May 2015).

Accuracy and practicality of the ELISA may be useful for identifying the infection risk of dogs exposed during outbreaks attributable to CPV and CDV infections in shelters.

• Implemented 1200 outreach programs over a course of 5 years to raise awareness of potential risks and immediate ways of handling them • Saved an entire office (87) people from impending disaster by quickly evacuating them from the premises before the onset of a flood • Devise safety development plans in a bid to deal with natural or manmade disasters • Provide consultancy to businesses in regards to functional steadiness during emergencies • Analyze and plan for potential risks by performing risk assessment tasks to ward off dangers associated with infection outbreaks and disasters • Prepare safety exercises and drills and execute practice drills to prepare personnel for actual events • Communicate with emergency services in the event of an emergency and help coordinate response for non-emergency service organizations • Design and implement emergency preparedness training to ensure that personnel respond to emergency situations in a proactive manner • Determine goals and develop comprehensive tracking systems to ensure appropriate implementation of emergency preparedness programs