Sentences with phrase «only known virus»

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Readers were expected not only to recognize the allusion to Ezra Pound, but (and I know some will think this a stretch) to recall Pound's anti-Semitism and to reflect, perhaps, on the contribution Madoff's actions might make to the resurgence of that virus.

«For most disease - causing viruses, bacteria and parasites we know only which countries they can be found in, not their prevalence, nor how they are changing through time.

«Constant surveillance is the only way to be sure we know where the virus is going,» he says.

But there was a caveat: only 19 per cent of the viruses matched anything on databases of known viruses.

Two men known only as the «Boston patients» have both stopped taking their anti-HIV medications following transplants of bone - marrow stem cells that appear to have banished the virus from their bodies.

The virus, which looks like a piece of yarn with a slight bend, is the only Ebola pathogen not known to cause disease in humans.

«Humans are the only primates we know of that have two herpes simplex viruses,» said Wertheim.

Gene therapist Mark Kay and his postdoctoral student Anton McCaffrey, both of Stanford University in California, and their colleagues wanted to know whether RNAi could target the virus behind hepatitis directly — the only way to ultimately cure people of the disease.

To deliver the healthy gene, the team inserted it into an engineered virus called adeno - associated virus 1, or AAV1, together with a promoter — a genetic sequence that turns the gene on only in certain sensory cells of the inner ear known as hair cells.

But there was a big caveat: only 19 per cent of the virome from the group matched anything from our databases of known viruses.

One of the only mammals left in the Everglades for mosquitoes to bite is the hispid cotton rat, a rodent which is one of the only known hosts of a mosquito - borne virus called the Everglades virus.

Ninety percent of those who have heard of Zika know that it can be spread through the bite of a mosquito carrying the virus; however, only 57 percent are aware that Zika can be spread through sexual intercourse with an infected person.

Powassan virus and the closely related deer tick virus are the only flaviviruses known to be spread by ticks in North America.

Only 39 of these viral populations were similar to previously known viruses, said Matthew Sullivan, a senior author on one of the Tara papers and an associated professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona.

AMID ominous signs that H5N1 bird flu is acquiring the ability to spread more readily among people, many health authorities are pinning their hopes on Tamiflu, the only available antiviral drug known to block the replication of the virus.

The medications had harsh side effects and worked only for those patients with a particular genetic variant of the virus known as genotype 1, which is the most common type in the U.S. and Canada but rare in many other countries with hepatitis C epidemics.

Only one person was known to have recovered from the virus.

The signal, which has been known for a long time, involves an enzyme present in every cell of the body, called PKR, which remains silent unless it is activated by a specific RNA structure thought to occur only in RNA made by viruses.

In that instance, a woman infected with the virus only had one known link to Ebola: unprotected vaginal intercourse with a survivor.

Though unproven and hotly debated, the theory remains intriguing because known cancer - causing genes such as BRCA - 1 explain only a percentage of human breast cancer cases, and because viruses do cause other forms of cancer in humans and animals.

The only previously known case of swine infection with the new A (H1N1) occurred at a farm in Alberta, Canada; how the pigs caught the virus is still unclear.

Denmark has had only 37 known cases of the pandemic flu so far, so it is still trying to limit the virus's spread by giving Tamiflu to contacts of cases.

To assess the efficacy of the antibodies, Hooper's team used a hamster model of Andes virus, the predominant cause of HPS in South America and the only hantavirus known to be transmitted person - to - person.

This technology is currently the only known genomic application to the understanding and management of Ebola virus disease.

«We've known for some time that there is a region of HA, the stem, that does not change and is present on all flu A viruses, and if we can use only that part in the vaccine we could raise immunity to many different viruses at the same time, but it has been technically challenging to make a vaccine that works in that way.

It is difficult to know whether any earlier intervention may have altered her current condition as we are only just learning about the potential long term effects of Ebola virus disease and management of complications / secondary effects.

In addition, the mechanism by which the ZIKV infection can cause fetal brain damage is not known, and some reports suggest that the virus is able to evade the normal immunoprotective responses of the placenta.15 Zika virus is not the only pathogen associated with neonate microcephaly.

By injecting the modified viruses into transgenic mice that only express Cre recombinase in astrocytes, the researchers knew that any sequences flagged by the lox site inversion had successfully transferred their genetic cargo to the target cell type — here, astrocytes.

And no matter how much we learn in preclinical tests, only people become infected with HIV — human immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes AIDS.

All the ones that we had studied previously showed changes taking place all over the capsid, but now we know the changes the virus has to make only happen in one spot, next to the host membrane.»

This suggests that elder be superior to vaccines in preventing flu, because flu vaccines are only effective against known strains of flu, whereas the virus is continually mutating to new strains.»

I definitely think you've got ta love your microbiome, because, like you were introducing, if you don't have the right gut bacteria... I mean, we've known for a long time, not only can gut bacteria influence your mood, but there's viruses that can get into your brain, and they can control your moods.

These trends increase the significance of herpes support centres and herpes dating sites in UK, where people can not only find the adequate support but also get to know the right approach on how to deal with the virus.

A hacker known only as The Puppet Master is believed to be responsible for an attack using an outdated virus.

The vaccination plan for your pet should take into consideration not only the compulsory vaccines, but also vaccines against particular viruses or parasites that are known to infest your area or diseases that the breed of your dog is more vulnerable to.

If there is a possibility that infected feces have been contacted, the suspected areas should be washed with household bleach, the only disinfectant known to kill the CPV virus.

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV), also known as Feline AIDS, is a serious viral disease that affects only cats.

Once thought to only be mosquito - borne, we now know that birds spread West Nile virus, acting as an infectious source for other animals.

If you suspect CPV to be present in your home, bleach is the only household disinfectant known to kill the virus.

Only in rare cases have dogs been known to become infected with avian influenza, and most of the studies of dogs which tested positive for avian influenza were performed in dogs which were infected with the virus for laboratory studies.

Viruses are the smallest of know living organisms, and can only be seen with special microscopes called scanning electron microscopes, that cost millions of dollars (ours is on order).

And, he says, did you know that not only computers can have viruses, but cactuses can, too?

This warlord who goes by the menacing name of Rais, possesses what is the only known research that possesses the ability to halt the Harran virus and cure all who are afflicted by it.

Only macros signed by Microsoft are used so Excel 2007 onwards should be happy, though I don't believe 2000 knows how to read macro signatures and hence lives in a perpetual state of paranoia concerning viruses.