Sentences with phrase «of emerging pathogens»

PCR has also seen application in the identification of emerging pathogens.

«We need a constellation of genes, including those for strain markers and toxins, that could be used to identify dangerous bacteria,» says Glenn Morris, director of the Emerging Pathogens Institute at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Among the most frightening of the emerging pathogens is invasive MRSA, or methicillin - resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

«One of the things I think we humans will find ourselves facing on an ever greater frequency,» Shaw says, «is some kind of an emerging pathogen that pops somewhere.»

B. salamandrivorans poses an extreme risk to European amphibian biodiversity and nations need to urgently consider appropriate biosecurity measures to stop the further spread of this emerging pathogen.»

Not exact matches

During the session, a trio of experts discussed the opportunities and challenges of a more globalized world, including cross-border clinical trials, the spread of disease and emerging pathogens and managing supply chains.

«The other thing we're doing is continuing to survey for other emerging pathogens, some of them much less well known than these ones that the public at this point have heard a lot about.»

The deadly pathogen first emerged in the West Nile district of Uganda in 1937, then lay dormant for about 20 years before it cropped up again in Israel in the 1950s and reappeared in Romania in 1996.

The Sigatoka disease complex is a cluster of three closely related fungi — yellow sigatoka (Pseudocercospora musae), eumusae leaf spot (Pseudocercospora eumusae) and black sigatoka (Pseudocercospora fijiensis)-- which emerged in quick succession during the last century as destructive pathogens on banana.

South American native bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) infected by Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia), an emerging pathogen of honeybees (Apis mellifera).

Globalization, changing climate, and the threat of drug resistance have conspired to set the stage for that perfect microbial storm: a situation in which an emerging pathogen — another HIV or smallpox, perhaps — might burst on the scene and kill millions before we can respond.

Haddow, who studies how pathogens survive in the jungle and emerge when humans encroach, had a great personal interest in Zika: His grandfather, Alexander Haddow, was one of three scientists who had isolated the virus from a rhesus monkey in the Zika Forest near Entebbe, Uganda, in 1947 and described it in a paper in 1952.

A study just released in Emerging Infectious Diseases suggests that the researcher, Brian Foy of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, passed to his wife the Zika virus, an obscure pathogen that causes joint pains and extreme fatigue.

An extensive investigation of that epidemic by CDC concluded that 73 % of the population was infected, an impressive number that suddenly made Zika an emerging pathogen to watch.

Among the affected microorganisms were three that commonly cause deadly hospital - acquired infections, including Staphylococcus aureus and two emerging bacterial pathogens, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Acinetobacter baumannii, that are a growing cause of infections in hospital intensive - care units.

The comeback of antibiotic - resistant infections «would dramatically alter the practice of medicine,» says microbiologist Alexander Sulakvelidze, a phage expert at the Emerging Pathogens Institute at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

As more reports appear of a grim «post-antibiotic era» ushered in by the rise of drug - resistant bacteria, a new strategy for fighting infection is emerging that targets a patient's cells rather than those of the invading pathogens.

Other big issues include combating antibiotic resistance in the U.S., stemming the opioid epidemic that has quadrupled overdose deaths in the U.S. since 1999 and remaining vigilant against the perennial onslaught of influenza — as well as emerging threats including tick - borne pathogens.

Both Cardin and the representatives from DOD and DHS spoke favorably of a tiering system for select agents — an emerging idea among biodefense experts — under which facilities and researchers dealing with the most dangerous pathogens would be subject to the most stringent controls.

«H58 is an example of an emerging multiple drug resistant pathogen which is rapidly spreading around the world,» says Professor Gordon Dougan, senior author from the Sanger Institute.

Researchers examined one of the largest outbreaks of the emerging drug - resistant fungal pathogen C. auris to date.

Professor Barbara Schnierle, head of the section «AIDS, New and Emerging Pathogens» of the division Virology at the Paul - Ehrlich - Institut and her team have investigated whether smaller more specific and less complex - to - be produced parts of E2 would suffice for conferring a protective immune response.

Monoclonal antibodies, which bind to and neutralize specific pathogens and toxins, have emerged as one of the most promising treatments for Ebola patients.

Researchers at Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) and in Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research Laboratory at the USDA - Agricultural Research Service in Ithaca, NY, are among many investigators working to find a solution, and their recent publication sheds light on an important strategy for controlling the spread of CLas.

New research demonstrates that harnessing competition among pathogens inside a patient could extend the life of existing drugs where resistance is already present and prevent resistance to new drugs from emerging.

The plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, is one of the deadliest pathogens in human history, sparking three major pandemics: the Plague of Justinian, which struck the Roman Empire during the 6th and 8th centuries; the second plague pandemic, which first erupted in Europe in the mid-14th-century Black Death and continued to strike the continent in recurrent outbreaks until the mid-18th century; and the third plague pandemic, which emerged in China during the late 19th century.

It looks as though the new virus did not emerge directly from any known pathogen, says Luis Enjuanes, a coronavirus expert at the National Center of Biotechnology at the Autonomous University of Madrid.

«Our study suggests that chickens could be a major source for transmission of emerging MDR pathogen, H. pullorum, from poultry to humans,» the investigators concluded.

TB has emerged as the leading cause of death due to a single pathogen: deaths attributable to TB now exceed those due to HIV infection (1.5 million vs 1.2 million in 2014 according to WHO).

«But at the end of the day... [this] is a reasonable biological story based on the best available data of how a pathogen emerges historically and came to dominate.»

Launched in 2009 as part of USAID's Emerging Pandemic Threats program, the Predict project was renewed in 2014 with a grant of $ 100 million over five years to develop a sprawling, searchable database of the zoonotic pathogens behind emerging pandemic threats in countries around thEmerging Pandemic Threats program, the Predict project was renewed in 2014 with a grant of $ 100 million over five years to develop a sprawling, searchable database of the zoonotic pathogens behind emerging pandemic threats in countries around themerging pandemic threats in countries around the world.

The Deadly Chytrid Fungus: A Story of an Emerging Pathogen PLoS Pathogens, 6 (1) DOI: 10.1371 / journal.ppat.1000550

Nanotheraputics for Antibiotic Resistent Emerging Bacterial pathogens (NAREB) European Research Infrastructures for Poverty Related Diseases (EURIPED) Biomarkers for enhanced vaccines immunosafety (BioVacSafe) European network of vaccine research and development TRANSVAC Advancing novel and promising TB vaccine candidates from discovery to preclinical and early clinical development (TBVAC2020)

In this area, Sette's disease focus has shifted over the years from HIV, HBV and HCV to emerging diseases and diseases of potential biodefense concern to, most recently, diseases and pathogens relevant to worldwide global health, including dengue viruses, malaria, tuberculosis, and trypanosome infections.

The Postdoctoral Immunologist will support the on - going programme of vaccine development against emerging pathogens.

NIAID's biodefense research is integrated into its larger emerging and re ‐ emerging infectious diseases portfolio that uses sophisticated genomic and proteomic platforms focused on developing broad ‐ spectrum therapies effective against entire classes of pathogens.

Assist disease control by providing up - to - date geographical information about known and newly - emerging forms of drug resistance, by examining genetic variation in the context of how whole pathogen genomes are evolving rather than as fragmentary information about individual genetic changes or polymorphisms.

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans and the risk of a second amphibian pandemic Chytridiomycosis, an emerging infectious disease (EID) caused by two fungal pathogens, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis... AmphibiaWeb

Dr. Kleinman main interest is the intersection of scientific investigation and policy development particularly in the fields of transfusion safety, emerging pathogens, and TRALI.

This pilot study was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and supported by the European Mobile Laboratory, a partner of the (WHO) Emerging and Dangerous Pathogens Laboratory Network and the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.

Dr. Lanteri was a lecturer in immunology and virology (specializing in HIV and emerging pathogens) for students attending the Master's degree program of biochemistry from the University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis, France.

Spironucleous salmonicida is an emerging fish pathogen commonly found in the intestinal tract of salmon that often causes severe systemic infections with gross pathological symptoms and high mortality rates.

Pathogens include those on the NIAID Category A-C agents as well as emerging and re-emerging infectious disease organisms, each year for a period of five years.

We are a consortium of laboratories using state - of - the - art structural biology methods to determine the 3 - D structures of proteins from pathogens in the NIAID Category A-C priority lists and organisms causing emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.

Our results indicate that S. argenteus has spread at a relatively rapid pace over the past 2 decades across northeastern Thailand and acquired multiple exotoxin and antibiotic resistance genes that have been linked previously with livestock - associated S. aureus Our findings highlight the clinical importance and potential pathogenicity of S. argenteus as a recently emerging pathogen.

The CPM research and discovery programs bring together a dynamic and interactive team of faculty in the Schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Arts & Sciences, who enjoy cross-translational approaches to address critical research questions to better understand rare, neglected and / or emerging pathogens.

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.

But when the baby emerges, it is entering a world of bacteria, some of which are bad (pathogens) but some of which are good.

As a manufacturer of non-toxic ultraviolet germicidal (UVGI or UV) sanitizing technology for the animal care industry, PetAirapy works with Dr. Kowalski to identify new, existing, and emerging pathogens and how to quickly and safely eliminate them from the air and surfaces in animal care facilities and residences.

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