Sentences with phrase «like typhus»

However, it is well known that ectoparasites transmit disease, says the Wisconsin epidemiologist, noting that things like ticks and fleas harbor important pathogens like typhus, bubonic plague, Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

Not exact matches

When they generated S. Typhi lacking the Vi capsular polysaccharide and tested them in both experimental settings, they found that these behaved just like S. Typhimurium, i.e. evoked the «reach - out» response in pipette - held neutrophils and, in the Boyden chamber, elicited migration of neutrophils to the bottom compartment.

Bring back DDT, they demand, and let it be sprayed on the inner walls of houses, where it would kill vectors of malaria and other insect - borne diseases like dengue and typhus.

In Western societies antibiotics had controlled menaces like tuberculosis and typhus, and the mechanisms of bacteria and viruses were well understood.

30.03.15 In the rest of the world, Salmonella Typhi has only one type of flagellin, the whip - like structure that helps it to move.

In - vitro studies showcase Olive Leaf Extract's potency against pathogens like e. coli, salmonella typhi, and staphylococcus aureus.

The Special Pathogens Branch, part of The Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, deals with some of the really nasty stuff - diseases like Ebola, Rift Valley fever, and Lassa fever (and before you ask, a Rickettsial disease is one caused by any Rickettsia bacteria, which are carried by parasites such as ticks, fleas and lice, and cause diseases such as typhus).

Fleas can transmit harmful parasites like tapeworms and Murine typhus and can cause dermatitis and anemia.

If it were typhus instead, any «CO2 Mary» like Exxon would be quaranteened and barred from cooking up more contagion.