Sentences with phrase «of infections in human»

The KU Leuven team is currently examining whether other pathogens show a similar increase in tolerance and whether the same process of genetic adaptation takes place during the treatment of infections in human beings.

The mouse model mimics aspects of the infection in humans, with high levels of the virus seen in the mouse brain and spinal cord, consistent with evidence showing that Zika causes neurological defects in human fetuses.

Prof Sharon Peacock, from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said: «These findings suggest that the emergence of new types of E. coli is not uncommon, and is necessarily followed by successful competition with other types to become a dominant cause of infection in humans.

Another major source of infection in human cases is drinking contaminated water.

Not exact matches

What it does: Enterococcus bacteria typically live harmoniously in the human intestines and female genital tract, but are also the leading causes of blood, surgical wound, and urinary tract infections.

HIV Infections Attributed to Male - to - Male S@xual Contact — Metropolitan Statistical Areas, United States and Puerto Rico, 2010 Weekly November 30, 2012 / 61 (47); 962 - 966 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections attributed to male - to - male s@xual contact comprised 64 % of the estimated new HIV infections in the United States inInfections Attributed to Male - to - Male S@xual Contact — Metropolitan Statistical Areas, United States and Puerto Rico, 2010 Weekly November 30, 2012 / 61 (47); 962 - 966 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections attributed to male - to - male s@xual contact comprised 64 % of the estimated new HIV infections in the United States ininfections attributed to male - to - male s@xual contact comprised 64 % of the estimated new HIV infections in the United States ininfections in the United States in 2009 (1).

Well, the truth is, the cow industry is inhumane, (the overcrowded transportation conditions alone lead to to great suffering, severe cruelty and broken limbs), unhealthy (cows are pumped full of hormones, adrenalin from the fear from when they know they will be killed and anti-biotics — because the unhealthy conditions they live in promote infection and disease) and inefficient (cows must be fed 3 times the edible human grain than their bodies produce in meat).

Autoimmunity is commonly caused by bacterial infections or overgrowth in the small intestine, in which partially digested food compounds are incorporated into bacterial cell walls and then the immune system, reacting to the bacteria, forms antibodies that also recognize food compounds, some of which might cross-react with human counterparts.

Such standards help eliminate product contamination by any number of microorganisms known to cause dangerous infection and disease in humans.

In terms of infection she still has to worry just as much if she was having sex with a boy; about contracting Herpes, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea or HPV, Human Papillomavirus.

Over the years scientists have identified a number of anti-infective substances in human milk that may help fight respiratory and gastrointestinal infections, and such devastating conditions as acute inflammation of the intestines and colon, to which premature infants are particularly vulnerable.

Human breast milk that is frozen or stored for longer than 48 hours loses a significant amount of its antioxidant content, making it less able to help infants fight off free radicals that play a role in allowing infections and other diseases.

Even just a cursory Internet search shows that breastfeeding promotion materials framed in terms of «the risks of formula feeding» are currently being used by some state breastfeeding coalitions, two hospitals, two private corporations, the Departments of Public Health in California and New York, the City of New York, as well as The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs in at least five states... The United States Department of Health and Human Services» Office on Women's Health publishes a 50 - page guide to breastfeeding that points out that «among formula - fed babies, ear infections and diarrhea are more common».

These include the infant with galactosemia, 53,54 the infant whose mother uses illegal drugs, 55 the infant whose mother has untreated active tuberculosis, and the infant in the United States whose mother has been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.56, 57 In countries with populations at increased risk for other infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies resulting in infant death, the mortality risks associated with not breastfeeding may outweigh the possible risks of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus infection.58 Although most prescribed and over-the-counter medications are safe for the breastfed infant, there are a few medications that mothers may need to take that may make it necessary to interrupt breastfeeding temporarilin the United States whose mother has been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.56, 57 In countries with populations at increased risk for other infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies resulting in infant death, the mortality risks associated with not breastfeeding may outweigh the possible risks of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus infection.58 Although most prescribed and over-the-counter medications are safe for the breastfed infant, there are a few medications that mothers may need to take that may make it necessary to interrupt breastfeeding temporarilIn countries with populations at increased risk for other infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies resulting in infant death, the mortality risks associated with not breastfeeding may outweigh the possible risks of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus infection.58 Although most prescribed and over-the-counter medications are safe for the breastfed infant, there are a few medications that mothers may need to take that may make it necessary to interrupt breastfeeding temporarilin infant death, the mortality risks associated with not breastfeeding may outweigh the possible risks of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus infection.58 Although most prescribed and over-the-counter medications are safe for the breastfed infant, there are a few medications that mothers may need to take that may make it necessary to interrupt breastfeeding temporarily.

Research in the United States, Canada, Europe, and other developed countries, among predominantly middle - class populations, provides strong evidence that human milk feeding decreases the incidence and / or severity of diarrhea,1 - 5 lower respiratory infection,6 - 9 otitis media,3,10 - 14bacteremia, 15,16 bacterial meningitis, 15,17 botulism, 18 urinary tract infection, 19 and necrotizing enterocolitis.20, 21 There are a number of studies that show a possible protective effect of human milk feeding against sudden infant death syndrome,22 - 24insulin - dependent diabetes mellitus,25 - 27 Crohn's disease, 28,29 ulcerative colitis, 29 lymphoma, 30,31 allergic diseases,32 - 34 and other chronic digestive diseases.35 - 37 Breastfeeding has also been related to possible enhancement of cognitive development.38, 39

Human milk provides reliable and sustainable nutrition for optimal growth of infants, while protecting the infant from infection and food insecurity in risky environments.

IAS, WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, Consensus Statement, «Asking the Right questions: Advancing an HIV Research Agenda for Women and Children», dated 8 March, 2010 IBFAN, Press Release 2012 on the Right to Adequate Food, Digest of the «Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food to the Human Right Council (A / HRC / 19 / 59)» IYCN Project Preventing malnutrition of mothers and children within the context of HIV and emergencies (Haiti) UNICEF 2011, Levels & trends in child mortality, Report 2011 US Expert Panel Report & Recommendations to the US Congress and US Global AIDS Coordinator Prevention of Mother - to - Child Transmission of HIV, Jan 2010, Summary of successes and challenges of PMTCT, as well as recommendations for improved implementation UNAIDS 2011, Countdown to Zero: Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive, 2011 - 2015 UNAIDS 2011 (with WHO and UNICEF) Global epidemic update UNICEF 2011, Levels & trends in child mortality, Report 2011

Human milk feeding was associated with a 57 % reduction in the odds of infection, in general, controlling for gestational age, mechanical ventilation days, 5 - minute Apgar score, and days without enteral feedings and a 53 % reduction in the odds of sepsis / meningitis, in specific, controlling for gestational age, mechanical ventilation days, and days without enteral feedings.

Variables were retained in the reduced logistic regression model when their presence was determined to confound the association between human milk feeding and infection or sepsis / meningitis, as defined by a change of > 5 % in the regression coefficient for type of feeding when the variable was removed from the full regression model.

In our study, limited to VLBW infants, the incidence of any infection or sepsis / meningitis was significantly reduced in human milk - fed infants compared with exclusively formula - fed infantIn our study, limited to VLBW infants, the incidence of any infection or sepsis / meningitis was significantly reduced in human milk - fed infants compared with exclusively formula - fed infantin human milk - fed infants compared with exclusively formula - fed infants.

Although a few reports of late onset GBS in infants whose mothers also expressed GBS in their breastmilk are described in the literature, with the standard medical treatment of breastmilk as just some infectious bodily fluid, no studies are to be found specifically comparing overall GBS infections in infants to presence or absence of exclusive human milk feeding.

Colostrum contains high concentrations of secretory IgA, the predominant immunoglobulin passed through your breast milk, lactoferrin, which acts as an antibacterial to prevent infection in human infants, and leukocytes, protective white cells.

Studies have shown that a protein in human milk aids in brain development, and breast - fed babies are less likely to get gastrointestinal infections and diarrhea, respiratory and ear infections or more serious diseases such as pneumonia, and there is a lower risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

A new study published in the journal Mucosal Immunology discovered a «reservoir» of bio-molecules in human milk that heal infection and wounds, reduce pain and calm inflammation.

Physiologic sleep studies have found that breastfed infants are more easily aroused from sleep than their formula - fed counterparts.247, 248 In addition, breastfeeding results in a decreased incidence of diarrhea, upper and lower respiratory infections, and other infectious diseases249 that are associated with an increased vulnerability to SIDS and provides overall immune system benefits from maternal antibodies and micronutrients in human milk.250, 251 Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months has been found to be more protective against infectious diseases compared with exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months of age and partial breastfeeding thereafter.2In addition, breastfeeding results in a decreased incidence of diarrhea, upper and lower respiratory infections, and other infectious diseases249 that are associated with an increased vulnerability to SIDS and provides overall immune system benefits from maternal antibodies and micronutrients in human milk.250, 251 Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months has been found to be more protective against infectious diseases compared with exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months of age and partial breastfeeding thereafter.2in a decreased incidence of diarrhea, upper and lower respiratory infections, and other infectious diseases249 that are associated with an increased vulnerability to SIDS and provides overall immune system benefits from maternal antibodies and micronutrients in human milk.250, 251 Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months has been found to be more protective against infectious diseases compared with exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months of age and partial breastfeeding thereafter.2in human milk.250, 251 Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months has been found to be more protective against infectious diseases compared with exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months of age and partial breastfeeding thereafter.249

Affecting sexually active women, in 99.7 % of all cases cervical cancer results from a history of infection by a group of viruses called human papillomavirus - or HPV.

These findings allowed researchers to create a chimera virus: a mouse virus with a human viral gene that can be used to test molecules that inhibit human LANA protein in an animal model of disease, treating not only human herpes virus infection but also its associated cancers.

Shukla and colleagues discovered that a small drug molecule called BX795, which is sold to labs for use in experiments, helped clear HSV - 1 infection in cultured human corneal cells, in donated human corneas, and in the corneas of mice infected with HSV - 1.

Risk of human infection is greatest in late spring and summer, in the northeast, as nymphs become adults.

What's more, an ointment containing the peptide effectively treated wounds infected with methicillin - resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and the increasingly common hospital infection bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii in mice and on laboratory samples of human skin.

Researchers from Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) Lisboa have created a chimera virus that allows the study of molecules to treat cancers caused by human herpes virus infection in mice models of disease.

They also found that the percentage of poxvirus infections was higher in more human - populated areas, but did not find a connection to oxidative stress.

«Our research is the first to study Zika infection in a mouse model that transmits the virus in a way similar to humans,» explains Alysson R. Muotri, Ph.D., professor and director of the Stem Cell Program at UC San Diego and co-senior author of the study.

Long after the treatments were applied, during a time point in mice that approximates young adulthood in humans, the investigators examined the impact of the simulated infections on the brain, comparing their results to those from mice that had received inactive injections.

In the United States, some of the most alarming outbreaks are occurring in the suburbs, where rising temperatures may help explain the spike in such tick - borne illnesses as babesiosis; hga (human granulocytic anaplasmosis), a potentially lethal flulike infection; and Lyme disease, the most common vector - borne disease in this countrIn the United States, some of the most alarming outbreaks are occurring in the suburbs, where rising temperatures may help explain the spike in such tick - borne illnesses as babesiosis; hga (human granulocytic anaplasmosis), a potentially lethal flulike infection; and Lyme disease, the most common vector - borne disease in this countrin the suburbs, where rising temperatures may help explain the spike in such tick - borne illnesses as babesiosis; hga (human granulocytic anaplasmosis), a potentially lethal flulike infection; and Lyme disease, the most common vector - borne disease in this countrin such tick - borne illnesses as babesiosis; hga (human granulocytic anaplasmosis), a potentially lethal flulike infection; and Lyme disease, the most common vector - borne disease in this countrin this country.

This opens the door to connecting human microbiome samples between databases, which has the potential to expose sensitive subject information — for example, a sexually - transmitted infection, detectable from the microbiome sample itself,» said lead author Eric Franzosa, research fellow in the Department of Biostatistics at Harvard Chan.

The LPS was given at a time point that approximates the stage of brain development in humans right at the time of birth, thus mimicking the development of a bacterial infection during delivery.

The vaccination protects against infection from the two types of Human Papilloma Virus that cause seven in 10 cases of cervical cancer, as well as two other types of the virus linked with genital warts.

Pregnant mothers were treated with polycytidylic acid, a chemical that simulates the effects of a viral infection, at a time point that approximates the third trimester of pregnancy in humans.

But the agency's recently adopted guidelines make it difficult to deny approval to a new veterinary drug unless it clearly threatens the treatment of a specific foodborne infection in humans.

The discoveries reported in two independent studies in the American Journal of Human Genetics on January 7 add to evidence for an important role for interspecies relations in human evolution and specifically in the evolution of the innate immune system, which serves as the body's first line of defense against infecHuman Genetics on January 7 add to evidence for an important role for interspecies relations in human evolution and specifically in the evolution of the innate immune system, which serves as the body's first line of defense against infechuman evolution and specifically in the evolution of the innate immune system, which serves as the body's first line of defense against infection.

Human papillomavirus 16 accounts for about half of all cervical cancers, but researchers reporting September 7 in the journal Cell have found that not all infections are equal.

The candidate, now headed to human trials for skin infections, adds «an important piece... to the puzzle of creating a perfect antibiotic,» says Kim Lewis, a microbiologist at Northeastern University in Boston who was not involved in the work.

Among the copious species of poultry in China, quail and chickens are the likely sources of infection of H7N9 influenza virus to humans, according to a paper published ahead of print in the Journal of Virology.

This study reveals one of the chemicals that normal skin bacteria make to help humans fight off infection or an imbalance in the skin microflora.

The structure could also provide a basis for the design of drugs to halt infection in humans.

But the episode makes epidemiologists fear there could be undiscovered milder cases of infection by the virus, perhaps in younger people with no additional health problems, allowing the MERS virus to evolve adaptations that will help it spread between humans.

«Because Candida is a natural component of the human body microbiome, yeast overgrowth or infection in the digestive tract, for example, may disrupt the gut - brain axis.

«We don't completely understand why those species occur during cholera infection, but that phenomenon may offer clues as to why we observe different species of gut bacteria among humans in different parts of the world.

Although doctors officially have recorded only seven cases of new human infections in North America, a new study found that five of 13 kissing bugs collected from California and Arizona had bitten a human host — and many of the bugs they collected were infected with Chagas.