Sentences with phrase «of emerging diseases»

The transmission of emerging diseases has also been enhanced by a host of modern practices and technologies.

The way we live today is so different from how humans lived just a few centuries ago, our risk of emerging diseases is probably different as well.

The results suggest an urgent need for management recommendations to reduce the threat of emerging diseases to our wild and managed bees.

A new commentary on the nature of pathogens is raising startling new questions about the role that fundamental science research on evolution plays in the understanding of emerging disease.

A thorough physical exam is the optimal way to catch any signs of an emerging disease.

«When you have this combination of tremendous global transport of people and goods, changing ecosystems, and changing climate,» Balbus says, «it raises the possibility of emerging diseases.»

It will focus on the control of emerging diseases, store purified viruses and act as a World Health Organization «reference laboratory» linked to similar labs around the world.

As those assays have matured, the scientists have begun to optimize additional tests for a number of emerging diseases.

Hewlett published the definitive account of the local response to such outbreaks in central Africa in the late 1990s and early 2000s: «Ebola, Culture and Politics: The Anthropology of an Emerging Disease.»

Wildlife monitoring could provide advance warning of emerging diseases and give health authorities a chance to minimize the spread of an outbreak or better prepare for when a human outbreak does occur.

«In an unchanging world, you don't see a lot of emerging disease,» epidemiologist William Karesh told Scientific American contributor Lois Parshley during her reporting for this special section, The Future of Medicine 2018.

This fresh evidence could help scientists and breeders especially in arming crop plants against a swathe of emerging diseases.

Researchers and other outbreak responders could consult this database to begin mapping the source of an emerging disease, for example, and quickly get to work on minimizing transmission and developing potential new vaccines that could save countless lives.

Current objectives for the Working Group, which holds its second meeting Jan. 25 - 26, 2010, include mathematical modeling of the feral hog population in the park, investigating prospects for predicting the spread of feral hogs in the southeastern United States, and reviewing the general principles of modeling and management of emerging diseases in feral species.

It's important to be aware of emerging disease risks during the fall months, which can include equine influenza virus and equine herpesvirus.

Morris Animal Foundation strives to keep at the forefront of emerging diseases and is excited by the cutting - edge research by Dr. Barrs and others to find solutions to the pressing health concerns of our pets around the world.

Vredenburg,, V, et al., (2010) Dynamics of an emerging disease drive large - scale amphibian population extinctions.

The majority of emerging diseases come from wildlife,» said Katherine Smith, who is also a senior consultant at Wildlife Trust.

A new study has found that nearly half of camels in parts of Kenya have been infected by the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and calls for further research into the role they might play in the transmission of this emerging disease to humans.

Furthermore, these recent occurrences of EHM appear to meet the criteria of an emerging disease.