Sentences with phrase «of encephalitis virus»

In 1990, Kanduke, a 25 - year - old male orca died suddenly at SeaWorld Orlando, the victim of encephalitis virus carried by a mosquito.

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Mass Audubon recommends that Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Massachusetts Arbovirus Surveillance And Response Plan be followed in response to West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis.

An «imminent threat to public health» was declared in Suffolk County by the state Department of Health after the discovery of mosquitoes carrying Eastern equine encephalitis virus, a rare but potentially fatal pathogen.

Eastern Equine Encephalitis is rarely transmitted to humans; however the death of a five - year - old Oswego County girl in August has been attributed to the virus.

Awaited Test Results Yield Another «Positive» for EEE «Virus Suspected in Two More Horse Deaths» The Oneida County Health Department today reported that test results on a suspected case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in a horse in the north Rome / Lee Center has confirmed that the animal was infected with the disease when it was euthanized last week after developing neurological symptoms.

All Oneida County Specimens to Date Test Negative for EEE «Eastern Equine Encephalitis Found in Oswego County Mosquito Pool» None of the mosquito specimens collected in Oneida County so far this year have tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Dr. Gayle Jones, Director of Health for Oneida County confirmed after learning that the virus was found in a pool of bird - biting mosquitoes in neighboring Oswego County.

«Fight the Bite» Signs Alert Public to Mosquito and Tick Threats The Oneida County Health Department has received 84 signs alerting the public to «Fight the Bite» and the threat of mosquito and tick - borne diseases such as West Nile Virus (WNV), Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) and Lyme Disease.

Memorial Day signals the start of warm weather that means prime breeding conditions for mosquitoes and every year, it means health officials throughout the region go on the offensive as the West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis can begin percolating among the insects that live here.

The research, published and featured in the Spot Light section of the December edition of the Journal of Virology, examines a previously unknown connection between flaviviruses — a classification of viruses that include West Nile virus, Dengue virus and tick - borne encephalitis virus — and organelles (a specialized subunit within a cell) known as peroxisomes that help coordinate the body's immune responses.

SFU retired biology professor and paper author Peter Belton says the mosquitos could poise a significant hazard to health if global warming favours the development of some of the viruses it can transmit, which include La Crosse encephalitis, West Nile virus, chikungunya, Japanese encephalitis, and St. Louis encephalitis.

Jingmenviruses were first described in 2014 and are related to flaviviruses — a large family of viruses that includes human pathogens such as yellow fever, West Nile and Japanese encephalitis viruses.

Every year as the days grow warmer, the Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) reemerges along the eastern coast of the United States, where it causes devastating disease in horses and, more rarely, humans.

Elegant, dainty, and deadly, it is the most common of all blood - sucking arthropods and the most important insect carrier of human disease, transmitting not only malaria but also yellow fever, dengue, West Nile virus, encephalitis, and the tiny worms that cause elephantiasis.

A total of 24 people had encephalitis that was associated with chikungunya virus, for a cumulative incidence rate of 8.6 per 100,000 people.

Published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, they propose the use of pre-cut filter paper to store samples for detection of anti-Japanese encephalitis virus antibodies from patient cerebrospinal fluid.

The study showed that the rate of brain infection, or encephalitis, from the chikungunya virus is higher than the rate seen in the United States due to West Nile virus and similar infections between 1999 and 2007.

To test whether Japanese encephalitis virus could be successfully identified from the samples, the researchers carried out a retrospective analysis on cerebrospinal fluid for patients tested for the virus between 2009 — 2015 in Laos, with a total of 132 samples containing sufficient fluid volume for testing.

In Laos, laboratory diagnosis of Japanese encephalitis virus is only available in the capital city of Vientiane.

In the mid-1980s he had a rare form of encephalitis caused by a virus, a herpes encephalitis.

Flaviviruses are the cause of diseases spread by mosquitoes (e.g., dengue fever and West Nile fever) and by ticks (e.g., Powassan virus disease and tick - borne encephalitis).

It's possible, Delwart says, that these viruses aggravate existing disease; 16 of the 26 people who carried the cyclovirus in the Vietnam study also had a lab - confirmed infection with another pathogen, such as Japanese encephalitis or dengue.

The researchers note that both DNA and inactivated virus vaccines have been developed to prevent infection by West Nile, dengue and tick - borne encephalitis viruses, all of which are in the same virus family as Zika.

West Nile belongs to a group of viruses called flaviviruses, which includes yellow fever, dengue, and Japanese encephalitis.

The virus is able to pass the blood - brain barrier, and the most serious effects (in 0.7 % of the infected) are encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) and meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord), both of which can be fatal.

Smeyne suspects that all flu viruses, including the current H1N1 swine flu pandemic, could cause symptoms of encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain.

Encephalitis can be caused by a large number of viruses, bacteria and parasites, and identifying novel pathogens in wild animals is a huge and often insurmountable challenge.

De Groot and her colleagues compared the genomes of a Japanese encephalitis virus and a strain of West Nile virus that killed several people in New York in 1999.

Most of his research has focused on reovirus, an important experimental model for studies of viral encephalitis in the young, and chikungunya virus, an emerging mosquito - borne virus that causes epidemics of fever and arthritis.

A student doing research at a biological field station just outside St. Louis has discovered an invasive Asian mosquito that is capable of carrying West Nile virus and St. Louis encephalitis.

Since warmer temperatures are favorable to them, we could see a rise in global cases of malaria, West Nile virus, encephalitis, dengue fever, the Zika virus, Lyme disease, and so much more.

Expansion of dengue virus, West Nile virus, and Kyasanur forest virus to the northern hemisphere, as well as the emergnce of new viruses (e.g., such as BYDV, Sitiawan virus [27], and Bagaza virus [18]-RRB- and re-emergence of yellow fever virus and Japanese encephalitis virus, all indicate that flaviviruses can not be neglected.

Because an egg - production drop is also observed in avian flocks during eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) infection [12], we chose a pair of primers specific for EEEV for RT - PCR.

His contributions include the first use of genetic methods to identify an infectious agent; implication of West Nile virus as the cause of the encephalitis in North America in 1999; invention of MassTag PCR and the first panmicrobial microarray; first use of deep sequencing in pathogen discovery; and molecular characterization of more than 600 viruses.

The Czech Republic belongs among the countries with the highest presence of tick - borne encephalitis virus in Europe.

Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) is transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito, advises the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

The clinical signs of WNV are consistent with other important neurological diseases such as equine encephalitis, rabies and equine herpes virus; therefore it is important to work with your veterinarian to get an accurate diagnosis through laboratory testing.

Malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, West Nile virus, and various types of encephalitis are all carried by mosquitoes, and some of the diseases they carry are literally strong enough to kill a horse.

Vaccinations can be put into two categories: core vaccines, used to protect horses against diseases that every horse is at risk of contracting (such as West Nile virus, Eastern and Western encephalitis, tetanus and rabies), and risk - based vaccines.

Three states reported new cases of West Nile virus (WNV) in horses, and Wisconsin reported two new cases of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).

It is recommended for the disinfection of inanimate objects to aid in control of canine distemper virus, equine influenza virus, transmissible gastroenteritis virus, hog cholera virus, parainfluenza - 3 virus, bovine rhinotracheitis virus, bovine viral diarrhea virus, infectious bronchitis virus, Newcastle virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, equine rhinopneumonitis virus, feline rhinotracheitis virus, pseudorabies virus, equine arteritis virus and canine coronavirus.

Many of the services provided by environmental health personnel are directly related to animals (including animal bites, and stray animal and wildlife control) and pests (such as ticks and mosquitoes), as well as the diseases they harbor and spread (for example rabies, Lyme disease, viral encephalitis, West Nile Virus, and intestinal parasites such as Giardia and roundworms).

The Merck Manual describes encephalitis as «an acute inflammatory disease of the brain due to direct viral invasion or to hypersensitivity initiated by a virus or other foreign protein.

Fort Collins, Colorado: The ecology of eastern equine encephalitis virus in Minnesota. - Poster Competition.

St. Paul, Minnesota: The ecology of eastern equine encephalitis virus in Minnesota. - Poster Competition - First Place Award

The American Association of Equine Practitioners recommends that all horses receive vaccinations against rabies, tetanus, West Nile Virus, and eastern / western equine encephalitis.

Distemper vaccine reactions can also involve neurological signs, especially if the vaccine contains modified live virus — the Rockborn strain of virus — that is known to produce post-vaccinal encephalitis.

arbovirus any of various viruses transmitted by arthropods and including the causative agents of dengue fever, yellow fever, and some encephalitis

Arbovirus - Any of various viruses transmitted by blood - sucking arthropods (e.g., mosquitoes, ticks, etc.) and including the causative agents of dengue fever, yellow fever, and some types of encephalitis.

For anyone unaware of Encephalitis, it is inflammation of the brain and can be triggered by the cold sore virus or even the common cold.