Sentences with phrase «most humans are infected»

Most humans are infected through the bites of nymphs.

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These include the infant with galactosemia, 53,54 the infant whose mother uses illegal drugs, 55 the infant whose mother has untreated active tuberculosis, and the infant in the United States whose mother has been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.56, 57 In countries with populations at increased risk for other infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies resulting in infant death, the mortality risks associated with not breastfeeding may outweigh the possible risks of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus infection.58 Although most prescribed and over-the-counter medications are safe for the breastfed infant, there are a few medications that mothers may need to take that may make it necessary to interrupt breastfeeding temporarily.

The Zika virus is most commonly transmitted in humans as the result of a bite from an infected mosquito or from an infected human to another human.

«Almost every human being is infected with one or more of these viruses, but most people never develop symptoms, much less breast cancer,» Friedenson said.

The most serious forms of the disease are caused by Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, but other related species (Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium malariae) can also infect humans.

H. pylori is probably the most successful bacterium to infect humans, and lurks in the guts of almost half of all people today.

Most of those afflicted live in developing countries, where there is not enough clean drinking water or effective sanitation systems to keep infected feces from contaminating food and water, and where human excrement is used to fertilize crops.

Seven major groups have been identified, three of which (groups A, B, and C) infect humans, with group A being the most common and widespread one.

Toxoplasma — or toxo as it is informally known — is one of the most common human parasites in the world, infecting between 30 and 60 per cent of the global population.

H. nana is the most common tapeworm in humans, infecting up to 75 million people worldwide at any given time.

EBV, one of eight known viruses in the herpes family to infect humans, is also one of the most common viruses and is best known as the cause of infectious mononucleosis.

Few of them that infect humans had been found in animals, and most astrovirus types had been found in just a single host species.

In 2010, Hahn and colleagues discovered that gorillas were the origin of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, the most prevalent and lethal of the malaria parasites that infect people.

The scientists who posted this paper argued that a lot of people had immune responses to Cas9, because they knew that the two most widely used Cas9 enzymes come from S. aureus and S. pyogenes bacteria, and humans have been infected by these bacterias for a long time.

MiRNA - seq and mRNA - seq will be carried out from the same RNA sample thereby integrating the mRNA and miRNA «sequenomes» of infected human cells most relevant to human toxoplasmosis.

Thus, in humans, MAIT cells are the most abundant T cell subset able to detect and kill bacteria infected cells.

Researchers are reporting what they say is the most compelling evidence, to date, that the infectious proteins called prions that cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or «mad cow» disease, have infected humans, causing fatal brain degeneration.

Clone 1022 cells ezpress human CD4 protein on the cell surface and can be infected by most isolates of HIV.

The mouth is the dirtiest and most infected place in the human body.

Most of those afflicted live in developing countries, where there is not enough clean drinking water or effective sanitation systems to keep infected feces from contaminating food and water, and where human excrement is used to fertilize crops.

A flea must be ingested for humans to become infected with the most common tapeworm of cats.

Most human outbreaks occur after people have been swimming or playing in water infected with lepto.

It was thought to infect the human eye, with most cases reported from the southeastern United States.

Rabies can also infect humans, which is probably why it is one of the most well known viruses; Worldwide, 1 person dies from rabies every 10 minutes.

Roundworms are the most damaging kind of worm in a human and can be from an infected dog.

Rabies is an extremely serious (most - times fatal) virus that infects the brain and spinal cord of all mammals (including humans!).

Humans and dogs can also be infected through the skin — cutaneous larva migrans — most likely in areas of moist soil or on sandy beaches.

Infected animals are a potential source for human infection, thus vaccination is mandated by law in most states.

Most commonly this occurs when an infected animal bites a human, but there have been cases of rabies transmitted when saliva was in contact with open wounds or mucous membranes.

Rabies is most commonly spread from infected animals to humans and other animals in the form of a bite.

There are seven genotypes, A through G, with dogs being most commonly infected by C and D, cats with F, and humans most commonly infected with A and B. Genotype E and F are rarely reported.

A flea must be ingested for humans to become infected with the most common tapeworm of dogs.

Fortunately, each virus is specific, at least for the most part, for which animal species it can infect (i.e. the pig parvovirus will not infect people, the canine parvovirus will not infect pigs etc.) For this reason, when a dog or puppy in the family has a parvo infection, the human family is safe.

Dogs are considered the most common host for heartworms, however heartworms may also infect more than thirty species of animals (including coyotes, foxes, wolves, domestic cats, ferrets) and even humans, though transmission from animal to human (zoonotic infection) is extremely rare.

Roundworms can also infect humans; the most common cases are among children.

One of the most common ways in which this virus is transmitted to cats is actually through humans who have touched an infected cat and then unknowingly spread those germs to healthy cats on their hands or clothing.

Bartonellosis is one of the most common zoonotic diseases that cats spread to humans and it's not exclusive to outdoor cats but also indoor cats through contact with infected fleas or ticks.

The potential for colonization of pets has been known for many years and most often occurs via transmission by infected humans or from environmental contamination.

Finally, while rabies is a very serious disease with the potential to infect humans (this is the reason for excessive vaccination laws), most animals are very unlikely to be exposed.