Sentences with phrase «known viruses include»

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Linda and I frequently find ourselves in opposite camps on the vaccination issue, but this season's virus is throwing a wrench in the works that no one (including the CDC and AAP) knows what to do with.

The research, published and featured in the Spot Light section of the December edition of the Journal of Virology, examines a previously unknown connection between flaviviruses — a classification of viruses that include West Nile virus, Dengue virus and tick - borne encephalitis virus — and organelles (a specialized subunit within a cell) known as peroxisomes that help coordinate the body's immune responses.

«Our work on bat ecology is specifically important since we know that they are reservoirs for a number of viruses, including Ebola and Marburg.

This is the first structure of any helicase bound to ATP from flaviviruses, a group including other well - known pathogens such as dengue, yellow fever, and West Nile viruses.

For mosquito species, these included general traits like subgenus and geographic distribution as well as traits relevant to the ability of each species to transmit disease, such as proximity to human populations, whether they typically bite humans and how many different viruses they are known to transmit.

Overhyped microbes include anthrax (famous for the U.S. mail attacks in 2000), the Ebola and Marburg viruses (which can cause dramatic bleeding and high fever in their victims), and the prion agent of mad cow disease (otherwise known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE), which kills people by making their nervous systems degenerate.

We also sequenced 35 samples from suspected EVD cases that tested negative for EBOV; genomic analysis identified other known pathogens, including Lassa virus, HIV - 1, enterovirus A, and malaria parasites (fig.

The virus - transmission prevention tasks included pregnant mothers knowing their own HIV status and asking their sexual partners to be tested; mothers taking anti-retroviral drugs for the six weeks prior to childbirth and during labor; babies receiving anti-retroviral drugs for at least six weeks, until they can be tested for the virus; and mothers using one feeding method (breastfeeding or formula) for the first 6 months of their infants» life, and, when possible, exclusively breastfeeding.

The researchers found 36 viruses, including six new viruses, none of which are known to infect humans.

While canine distemper has been known for many years as a problem affecting domestic dogs, the virus has been appearing in new areas and causing disease and mortality in a wide range of wildlife species, including tigers and lions.

Human skin surfaces are complex ecosystems for microorganisms, including fungi, bacteria and viruses, which are known collectively as the skin microbiome.

Knowing that nonhuman primates can harbor diverse astroviruses — including novel, recombinant viruses that may be pathogenic and / or more efficiently transmitted — highlights the importance of continued monitoring, the authors said.

In humans, Zika virus infection during pregnancy has been linked to a suite of birth defects including a condition known as microcephaly, which leaves babies with shrunken heads and brains (SN: 4/2/16, p. 26).

In humans, Zika virus infection during pregnancy has been linked to a suite of birth defects including a condition known as...

As a natural host of influenza A viruses (including H5N1), the duck is known to often remain asymptomatic under influenza infection.

Such viruses, which include HIV, are known as retroviruses.

But the newly identified virus, known as the Cafeteria roenbergensis virus, is a pack rat: It lugs around a staggering 730,000 base pairs of DNA, including more than 500 gene - like regions, researchers report online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

A new technique allows researchers to examine pieces of often - overlooked DNA outside bacterial chromosomes, including viruses known as phages (as shown above), which may play a role in disease.

Extrachromosomal DNA can include bacteria - infecting viruses, known as phages, and strands of self - replicating DNA, known as plasmids, often picked up from other bacteria.

«Such analyses could complement current risk assessment strategies of emerging influenza viruses, including viral genome sequencing and screening for alterations in known viral virulence genes.»

Claverie and Abergel have helped to discover other so - called giant viruses — including the first, called Mimivirus, in 2003, and two others, known as Pandoraviruses, last year (see «Giant viruses open Pandora's box»).

Multiple types of rhinovirus C exist and they are part of a larger group of illness - causing viruses, including cold viruses rhinovirus A and B. «We knew it would be different from rhinovirus A and B: It didn't respond to drugs, it used a different receptor, it had different biological properties.

These results suggest that BYDV is an RNA virus, ruling out the possibilty that the disease was caused by the well - known DNA virus, EDS - 76 adenovirus, which causes egg drop in poultry, including ducks [10].

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Papillomaviridae form a large family of viruses that are known to infect a variety of vertebrates, including mammals, reptiles, birds and fish.

All the wellness news you need to know today, including breastfeeding vs. bottle feeding, spiked seltzer, and why viruses may be good for you.

It turns out sweat contains some of the same antimicrobial proteins that are known to bind with certain bacteria and viruses in the body, including H. pylori, E. coli and HIV.

The chronically stressed mice had decreased immune function and experienced tumor development significantly earlier than the non-stressed mice.16 Other mouse studies of ovarian cancer showed that chronic stress resulted in increased cancer growth as well as increased angiogenesis, the process with which cancer forms new blood vessels to feed itself nutrients for growth and metastases.17 Chronic stress has also been shown to decrease our body's ability to mount an attack against foreign invaders, including viruses.18 As we know that several viruses can cause cancer (HPV and cervical cancer, and EBV and nasopharyngeal cancer), we can extrapolate that any decrease in immune function could increase cancer risk.

The benefits of coconut oil for healthy hair are also well known, and other healthy benefits of coconut oil included fighting off bacterial infections and viruses.

Pau d'Arco (Tabebuia avellanedae) known also as Ipe Roxo, Lapacho, or Taheebo is a tree native to South America, where it has been traditionally used for a very long time to treat a wide range of health problems, including candida overgrowth or candidiasis (including vaginal and oral yeast infection), various types of cancer, infections, gastric ulcers, skin conditions, pain, arthritis, fever, inflammation of the prostate gland (prostatitis), dysentery, skin ulcers, leukaemia, respiratory infections (cold, flu, bronchitis, sinusitis, etc.), herpes simplex virus, bacterial infections including cystitis, etc..

In this month's issue, you will find discussions of topics including the uses of a therapy called whole body cryotherapy (WBC), therapeutic applications of the Ayurvedic herb ashwagandha, also known as Withania somnifera, and natural treatment approaches for conditions including alopecia and the herpes simplex virus.

A once - a-day pill known as PrEP — short for pre-exposure prophylaxis medication — has been found to reduce HIV infection by 92 percent in people at high risk for the AIDS - causing virus, including men who have unprotected gay sex, the researchers said.

We know that birds are susceptible to many of the same health problems that can affect people, including viruses and bacterial infections.

Experts at the college, including an assistant professor who discovered the virus more than a dozen years ago, took the lead in a response that provided important details about the virus strain known as H3N2 while debunking misinformation that was gaining traction online and elsewhere.

These viruses, which are known to make dogs more susceptible to contracting Bordetella infection, include canine adenovirus, canine distemper virus, canine herpes virus, parainfluenza virus and canine reovirus.

The core vaccines include the rabies vaccine which is required for all cats in the counties of Chicagoland, and the «distemper» vaccine, also known as FVRCP or PCR, which is a combination vaccine including panleukopenia (feline distemper), feline calicivirus and feline herpes virus type 1 (rhinotracheitis).

Mosquitoes are widely known to carry a variety of diseases, including West Nile Virus which can be contracted by humans.

Parvoviruses, which include the feline panleukopenia virus, are known to be very immunosuppressive.

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We're also going to be seeing the return of classic characters including Albert Wesker and Sherry Birkin (daughter of the man who created the G - Virus), and we'll be able to play through flashback scenarios that are said to fill us in on characters that we may not know too much about.

We know that many diseases are limited by heat — including influenza and a significant number of digestive diseases (heat breaks down virus phospho - lipid shells).

The cause of the die - offs, known as colony collapse disorder, is unknown, although numerous factors could be responsible including starvation, viruses, mites, pesticide exposure and climate change, according to the authority.

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