To date, there is no evidence of transmission of canine influenza viruses from dogs to people and there has not been a single reported
case of human infection with a canine influenza virus.
The report published this week notes that rare cases
of human infection with bat - associated viruses remain enigmatic.
The second way is through a
chain of human infections that allows the bird virus to evolve in people and become increasingly adapted to them.
Camels therefore serve as an important reservoir for the maintenance and diversification of the MERS - CoVs and are the
source of human infections with this virus.
Prof Jiming Liu who led the study explained, «By basing our model on wild bird migration and distribution of potentially infected poultry we are able to produce a time line of the estimated
risk of human infection with H7N9.
Now the 30 - year - old MIT professor, who first trained as an engineer, designs viruses that destroy biofilms, which cause everything from staph infections to cholera outbreaks and that account for 65
percent of human infections overall [free registration required].
We've had
outbreaks of human infections from avian flu, in recent years, in Virginia, Canada, and last year in New York, when a strain of H7N2 avian flu virus passed from a cat in an animal shelter to a human.
Given that the newly discovered protein FGB1 has such a high affinity and specificity to beta -1,6-glucans from fungi cell walls, it is possibly suitable for the
diagnosis of human infections.
ST258 K. pneumoniae is the predominant cause
of human infections among bacteria classified as carbapenem - resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), which kill approximately 600 people annually in the United States and sicken thousands more.
And this protein is involved in the extent of infection in an intermediate species, and potentially involved in the
extent of human infection.»
The long - tailed macaque carries a virulent strain of malaria that is responsible for an increasing
number of human infections in Malaysia.
There is a significant
incidence of human infection that warrants veterinary concern because of the potential negative effects that this group of parasites can have on the human pet veterinary Bond.
Heartworms have been known to infect dogs, cats, ferrets, wolves, coyotes, sea lions, and there have even been reported cases
of human infection as well.
De-worming recommendations are made by veterinary professionals not only for the health of the animals involved, but also to reduce the
risk of human infection by managing the parasite burden in the environment.
The most common
source of human infection is by ingesting eggs that have come from soil contaminated with cat (or dog) feces.
Biofilms are involved in 80
percent of human infections and are one of the strongest contributors to the pressing antibiotic resistance problem.
«The pathogen does not care if it jumped from an animal or from another human; the only difference is that in a stuttering transmission an infected person can trigger other
chains of human infections.
«Until now, only a few cases
of human infections caused by carbapenemase - producing mcr - positive strains of E. coli and K. pneumoniae have been reported,» the investigators write.
Thus, to date, there is no evidence of transmission of canine influenza viruses from dogs to people and there has not been a single reported
case of human infection with a canine influenza virus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate more than 10,000 cases
of human infections with roundworms per year.
Risk
of human infection is greatest in late spring and summer, in the northeast, as nymphs become adults.
A camel vaccine against MERS coronavirus may reduce the risk
of human infection and protect against camelpox too.
The virus is common in dromedary camels, which can be a source
of human infections.
In all, the Centers for Disease Control confirmed 37 cases
of human infection.
65 %
of human infections are caused by biofilms, and in this configuration bacteria are much more resistant to standard antibiotics.
As yet, there are no reports
of human infections.
Although cases
of human infection have declined recently these parasites still represent a major societal burden across 36 sub-Saharan countries that are within range of the tsetse fly vector.
Rabies is an important disease and although it is more common in dogs (and more commonly passed from dogs to humans than cats to humans) cats can be infected and can be a source
of human infection.
Indoor cats are less likely to be sources
of human infections... Also, routine veterinary care, including appropriate vaccinations, deworming, and care for sick animals, should reduce the risk of disease transmission.
Toxoplasmosis has been in the popular news a lot lately, and cats often get blamed as the source
of human infections.