Sentences with phrase «lead to disease outbreaks»

Crowding resulting from a boom in prey numbers can also lead to disease outbreaks.

Analyzing trends on Twitter and Google can help predict vaccine scares that can lead to disease outbreaks, according to a study from the University of Waterloo.

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The outbreak of Zika, a mosquito - borne disease, was detected last year in Brazil, where it has been linked to more than 1,700 cases of microcephaly, a birth defect marked by small head size that can lead to severe developmental problems.

Australia's leading agricultural scientists have called on the public and private sectors to establish a A$ 100m (US$ 76m) agriculture fund to future - proof Australian farmers against looming shocks like climate variability and disease outbreaks.

The 2001 General Election was postponed for one month owing to the national Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak but it was still held with hardly any change to the Labour Majority - a poor result for the Conservatives then led by William Hague.

The announcement comes amid a debate over the use of experimental drugs in the outbreak: a leading epidemiologist hopes the announcement will shift international focus toward relying on basic public health measures to control the disease.

The rare autoimmune disease can lead to paralysis, and recently it appears to be occurring more frequently than usual within at least eight countries and territories reporting Zika outbreaks.

«To our knowledge, this is the first documentation of an outbreak of childhood lead poisoning associated with artisanal gold mining,» the team, directed by lead experts from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, wrote in the online edition of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.

An international research team led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have proposed that swarms of flies can be used to help monitor disease outbreaks.

In the 1960s, scientists in Taiwan traced an outbreak of blackfoot disease, caused when dying blood cells lead to gangrene, to arsenic - contaminated well water.

When epidemiological data are scarce, social media and Internet reports can be reliable tools for forecasting infectious disease outbreaks, according to a study led by an expert in the School of Public Health at Georgia State University.

Professor Ross Fitzgerald, who led the study at The Roslin Institute, said: «Genetic analysis is a powerful tool to help us track outbreaks of infectious diseases.

Kramer also leads the commission's food safety certificate program that, via a series of five classes, has been successful at training growers and crews to harvest their crops in a way that minimizes disease outbreaks.

Laboratory safety emerged as a prominent issue in China in 2004, when a series of missteps at China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention led to a renewed outbreak of severe acute respiratory sickness (SARS).

A White House panel that questions vaccine safety and attacks immunization standards set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control — a possibility raised last week in meetings with incoming president Donald Trump — could actually lead to increased disease outDisease Control — a possibility raised last week in meetings with incoming president Donald Trump — could actually lead to increased disease outdisease outbreaks.

Increased rains can lead to flooding, mudslides and outbreaks of diseases.

«In this study, we made the exciting discovery that a handful of amphibian species — some of which were thought to have been completely wiped out — are persisting, and may even be recovering, after lethal disease outbreaks,» study lead author Jamie Voyles, a disease ecologist at the University of Nevada — Reno, said in a statement.

Given the pressing need to better understand this growing public health threat, our team in the Broad Fungal Genomics group (led by Christina Cuomo)-- in partnership with Anastasia Litvintseva at U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and institutions around the globe — have examined outbreak isolates using whole - genome sequencing.

He also served as acting director for the CDC and acting administrator for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry from January to June 2009, during which time he led the CDC's response to the H1N1 influenza outbreak.

Leading infectious disease experts share lessons learned from recent infectious disease outbreaks and discuss how USAID and its partners collaborate to advance prevention and response capacities.

Prions are like a more basic version of a virus, which has led to the outbreak of what you might know as mad cow disease.

This well - researched, clearly written title covers many aspects of this disease without sensationalizing its dangers and is particularly up - to - date when discussing the recent epidemic, the economic circumstances that may have led to the outbreak, and the overblown response of worldwide media.

Across the U.K., vets are needed to certify imports and exports, conduct cutting - edge research, prevent disease outbreaks, ensure food safety in abattoirs, and achieve our world - leading standards in animal welfare.»

Interactions with veterinarians throughout the world have led to Lab investigations of complicated cases involving a single sick animal or disease outbreaks involving entire kennels.

Additionally, guardians of banned breeds may be deterred from seeking routine veterinary care, which can lead to outbreaks of rabies and other diseases that endanger communities.

As a consequence, regulation of drinking water quality is very likely to be strained as high rainfall and river discharge lead to higher levels of nitrogen in rivers and greater risk of waterborne disease outbreaks.

Elevated waterborne disease outbreaks have been reported in the weeks following heavy rainfall, 59 although other variables may affect these associations.60 Water intrusion into buildings can result in mold contamination that manifests later, leading to indoor air quality problems.

Freak weather patterns will not only affect agricultural output and food security, but will also lead to water shortages and trigger outbreaks of water and mosquito - borne diseases such as diarrhea and malaria in many developing nations.

It is about the importation of the diseased cattle that led to the anaplasmosis outbreak on the farm, an occurrence for which the appellant has already been compensated.

Recent new stories and rumors about vaccines have led to outbreaks of deadly diseases once assumed to be eliminated.

Lyme disease is named after the towns of Lyme and Old Lyme, two out of the three small Connecticut towns where a cluster of outbreaks in 1975 led to formal recognition of the collective symptoms as a full syndrome.