Sentences with phrase «of animal reservoirs»

The Society also reports, «Factors affecting the level of risk of heartworm infection include the climate (temperature, humidity), the species of mosquitoes in the area, presence of mosquito breeding areas and presence of animal reservoirs (such as infected dogs or coyotes).»

Factors affecting the level of risk of heartworm infection include the climate (temperature, humidity), the species of mosquitoes in the area, presence of mosquito breeding areas, and presence of animal reservoirs (infected dogs, foxes, coyotes).

«Our study exemplifies the utility of looking beyond phylogenetic criteria alone when conducting risk assessment for emerging RNA viruses and the need to include functional, ecologic, and pathogenic analyses of animal reservoirs,» says Jan Felix Drexler, M.D., the study's corresponding author and a professor of medicine at the Institute of Virology at the University of Bonn Medical Centre in Germany.

Not exact matches

«In terms of how much is present in water reservoirs that have been sprayed with pyriproxyfen to control mosquito larvae, a person would have to drink well over 1,000 liters of water a day, every day, to achieve the threshold toxicity levels seen in animals,» Ian Musgrave, a senior lecturer in the medical school at the University of Adelaide in Australia, said in a statement.

Researchers have only indirect evidence that bats are reservoirs of Ebola, Plowright says, but the data suggest that the animals probably do harbor the virus.

GOING VIRAL Genetic studies of viruses from horseshoe bats (shown) in one cave in China suggest the animals are reservoirs of SARS coronaviruses.

Additionally, bats serve as reservoirs for a multitude of viruses, which raises the question of how these animals are able to tune cytosolic DNA sensing and innate immune activation.

Molecular analysis shows that SARS is closely related to coronaviruses found in civet cats in the animal markets of Guangdong, though scientists are still not certain that civets were the original reservoir.

That is likely different than the experiences of wild animals, who have to adapt to the regularly changing carbon dioxide levels of lakes and reservoirs from season to season and throughout the day.

The reservoir could also break up land bridges into small islands, isolating clusters of animals and plants.

Scientists have completed work on a «hit list» of suspect animals which might be the natural reservoir of the deadly Ebola virus, just as a new outbreak is flaring up in Congo.

Outbreaks of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) raise questions about the prevalence and evolution of the MERS coronavirus (CoV) in its animal reservoir.

With the emergence of Ebola virus from bats and hantaviruses from rodents, investigators say identifying the other species infected with HAV provides novel insight into the evolution of HAV and how it spread to humans, and highlights the utility of analyzing animal reservoirs for risk assessment of emerging viruses.

«The risk of WNV transmission is complex and multifactorial; it concerns the virus, the vectors, the animal reservoirs, the environmental conditions and human behaviour.

What remain in certain animal reservoirs are ancient strains, or biovars, which seem to correspond to each of the three pandemics.

The new genomic catalog contains nearly 200 viral genomes collected from patient samples in Sierra Leone and Nigeria, as well as field samples from the major animal reservoir, or host, of Lassa virus — the rodent Mastomys natalensis, also called the multimammate rat.

Gomes - Solecki's vaccine wouldn't address the spread of other tick - borne pathogens, nor target other animals such as deer or skunks that act as reservoirs for Lyme disease.

To determine what types of animals hCoV - EMC can infect, Drosten and colleagues infected cells from humans, pigs, and a wide variety of bats, the key natural reservoirs of coronaviruses.

Neither event was caused by re-introduction of the virus from an animal reservoir or from a neighboring country with active person - to - person transmission, according to the research team.

«We'd never thought of protozoa as being reservoirs of disease in animals.

It is also important to improve understanding of the spread of the disease among key decision - makers, so effective control policies can be implemented in animal reservoirs.»

Limited data are available about the ecology of SARS - CoV, but bats are thought to be the animal reservoir for the virus which may be transmitted to small mammals with exposure to these small animals as the source of human infections [10].

«Floor coverings are a major reservoir for indoor and outdoor allergens, including animal dander and dust mites,» explains Jonathan Bernstein, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Cincinnati in the Division of Immunology and Allergy.

In North America the skunk, raccoon, fox, and bat are important reservoirs for the virus, whereas in Europe, foxes are the main source of infection for people and other animals.

These facts are of particular importance to veterinarians, physicians, diagnosticians, public health officials, and pet owners as an increasing number of animals have been identified as reservoir host for zoonotic Bartonella species.

Factors affecting the level of risk of heartworm infection include the climate (temperature and humidity), the species of mosquitoes in the area, presence of mosquito breeding areas and presence of animal «reservoirs» (such as infected dogs, foxes or coyotes).

An annually vaccinated dog can be unprotected for up to nine months of the year; and infected dogs — irrespective of vaccination — are hidden infective reservoirs, capable of spreading lepto to humans and other animals.

While the stomach of each animal acts as a reservoir for the body, allowing food to be ingested as a meal rather than continuously throughout the day, a dog's stomach expands more readily.

Here in Phoenix, as in many urban areas, we have a high coyote population, and coyotes are an important potential reservoir for heartworm Infected animals brought in from other parts of the country are also reservoirs.

In this view, canine and feline cases of subcutaneous dirofilariasis should be also reported as far as possible, in order to assess the presence, prevalence and pathogenicity of Dirofilaria repens in the animal reservoirs and final hosts.

It was thus worthy to report this retrospective analysis of 19 feline cases of subcutaneous dirofilariasis observed in an area of Central Italy, from wich 4 human cases have already been reported (Pampiglione et al., 1995; Pampiglione and Rivasi, 2000) and suitable vectors are present (Romi et al., 1997; Grelloni and Biasini, 2002), although no animal reservoirs has ever been noticed.

Animals are potential reservoirs of MSRA infection due to increasing prevalence of community - acquired MRSA (CA - MRSA) in humans and domestic animals such as dogs, cats and Animals are potential reservoirs of MSRA infection due to increasing prevalence of community - acquired MRSA (CA - MRSA) in humans and domestic animals such as dogs, cats and animals such as dogs, cats and horses.

A decade of controversy after Winkler wrote, the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians conceded in the 1994 edition of their annual Compendium of Animal Rabies Control that «Continuous and persistent government - funded programs for trapping or poisoning wildlife are not cost effective in reducing wildlife rabies reservoirs on a statewide basis.»

Some of these infectious diseases also have wild animal reservoirs, meaning that they can survive in certain species of wild animals.

The FWCC itself acknowledges the following: cats are the most common carriers of rabies among domestic animals, and can transmit rabies to wildlife such as raccoons, skunks an foxes; feline leukemia virus, a leading cause of death due to infectious disease in cats, has been reported in a mountain lion, a close relative of the endangered Florida panther; domestic cats were identified as one possible reservoir host for feline panleukopenia, which has been discovered in the Florida panther.

The First Lady said the country has witnessed the adverse effects of environmental degradation including decline and extinction of thousands of animal and plant species, phenomenal drying up of rivers and receding water levels in our water reservoirs, and widespread crop failure that threatens food security.

People, animals, and livestock on the U.S. side of the wall would not be able to reach the river, its water, recreation areas, reservoirs, or wildlife.

kinetic energy from rivers and oceans without the creation of a large reservoir Run - of - the - river hydroelectricitykinetic energyreservoir There are around 200 hydroelectricity station in Türkiye Türkiye is in the third place in Europe that has hydroelectricity power potencial Biofuel Biodiesel is made from vegetable oils, animal fats or recycled greases.

What's more, the biome is an excellent reservoir for biodiversity, hosting 4000 native plant species and more than 400 species of animals.

Factory - farmed animals also generate about 500 million tons of manure a year, a figure that jumped 60 percent between 1990 and 2008 and has polluted 34,000 miles of rivers and 216,000 acres of lakes and reservoirs throughout the country.

This is the carbon cycle and it also incorporates land - based plant photosynthesis and animal respiration, decay etc., but these are minor components of the carbon cycle compared to the volcano - mountain erosion marine limestone story and the formation of hydrocarbon reservoirs (see any intro geology textbook).