Sentences with phrase «outbreaks of diseases occurring»

With climate change, we may start seeing outbreaks of diseases occurring in the near future.

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Outbreaks of whooping cough, or pertussis, have occurred across the U.S. in recent years, especially where clusters of children have not been vaccinated against the disease.

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 country.

One of the most baffling features of the swine flu outbreak is that, unlike seasonal influenza, severe disease largely does not occur in the elderly.

Outbreaks of chikungunya have occurred in numerous areas, including Africa, Asia, the Caribbean islands, and as of September 2015 more than 7,000 cases have been reported in Mexico, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

And it remains far from clear that bats are the hosts of the deadly zoonotic disease since two similar surveys of thousands of animals, including bats, at sites where human outbreaks occurred in the past failed to turn up any sign of Ebola virus.

At the same time, the new outbreak puts public fears of bioterrorism and ballooning biodefense budgets into perspective by reasserting the impact of naturally occurring diseases, says Marjorie Pollack, who is monitoring the outbreak for ProMED, a worldwide electronic reporting system.

Wildlife monitoring could provide advance warning of emerging diseases and give health authorities a chance to minimize the spread of an outbreak or better prepare for when a human outbreak does occur.

Based on a detailed statistical analysis of multiple datasets, the Flint Area Community Health and Environment Partnership (FACHEP) research team found that the majority of Legionnaires» disease cases that occurred during the 2014 - 15 outbreak in Genesee County, Michigan, can be attributed to the change in of the City of Flint's drinking water supply to the Flint River.

More than 11,000 deaths occurred as a result of that outbreak, with a high mortality rate of the disease estimated at around 60 per cent.

Environmental changes cause stress to our biodiversity, increasing the chances of disease outbreaks, extinctions, waves of invasive species and other environmental problems that can occur in stressed ecosystems.

Scientists have shown that the first appearance of wheat stem rust disease in the U.K. in nearly 60 years, which occurred in 2013, was caused by the same virulent fungal strain responsible for recent wheat stem rust outbreaks in Ethiopia, Denmark, Germany, and Sweden.

«Our goal is to develop maps that can simulate the abundance of this dengue virus carrier in a particular area, and then use these insights along with demographic and economic data, to predict where disease outbreaks are most likely to occur,» he said.

In developing countries like Uganda, where floods, food and water shortages, outbreaks of disease, the effects of HIV / AIDS, and internal conflicts occur, the funding of scientific research [will not be the first priority].

Periodic outbreaks of the disease in sub-Saharan Africa, including an epidemic between 2013 and 2016, caused major loss of life and serious economic disruption in the three countries where it occurred: Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.

Should foot - and - mouth disease occur in the United States today where privacy laws restrict the accessibility of data, making predictions about the disease might not be so easy, according to a new study that weighs the costs of privacy in preventing disease outbreaks.

The committee issues industry Health Alerts as part of our memorandum of agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) when outbreaks occur.

In the event that an infectious disease outbreak occurs, an established plan that includes protocols and procedures can limit the risk of exposure of horses and humans, and the potential spread outside of the show grounds or farm.

Outbreaks of this disease usually occur following dust storms, earthquakes, following the rainy season, and excavation of the soil.

The Puppy Lemon Law also requires pet stores to report any outbreak of diseases to the state Department of Agriculture and to inform customers if outbreaks of certain illnesses have occurred at their store.

As the article continues, it's clear that Greencross clinics encourage dog owners to have their pets vaccinated annually for core vaccines (parvo, distemper and hepatitis) as well as bordetella and parainfluenza, using scare tactics like «disease outbreaks of Canine Parvovirus occur on a regular basis throughout Australia.»

She's currently working with shelters and veterinarians around the country to help them prevent the introduction of the canine influenza virus and other diseases into their facilities, and respond to outbreaks that have already occurred.

Unfortunately, they now also require the pups» being vaccinated against K9 Influenza since outbreaks of the disease are more likely to occur in areas where large groups of dogs are in relatively close contact, which meant that Missy & Buzz had to get that shot.

What makes Dr. Barrs» research so timely is that, while clusters of FPV outbreaks have occurred in the United States and Europe in the last 10 to 15 years, clinical cases of the disease only popped up in Australia four years ago.

However, an outbreak of disease can occur in a few rabbits or many, at home or in a shelter or other location.

Conservation Status Since the island scrub - jay occurs only on one island that makes it susceptible to any major disaster, a disease outbreak, or widespread land - use changes, any of which could potentially extirpate the species or cause a severe population decline.

The observed global greening has occurred in spite of all the many real and imagined assaults on Earth's vegetation that have occurred over the past several decades, including wildfires, disease, pest outbreaks, deforestation, and climatic changes in temperature and precipitation, more than compensating for any of the negative effects these phenomena may have had on the global biosphere.

Epidemic - Occurring suddenly in incidence rates clearly in excess of normal expectancy, applied especially to infectious diseases but may also refer to any disease, injury, or other health - related event occurring in such oOccurring suddenly in incidence rates clearly in excess of normal expectancy, applied especially to infectious diseases but may also refer to any disease, injury, or other health - related event occurring in such ooccurring in such outbreaks.

Outbreaks of native insects and diseases are expected to occur in response to future warming temperatures and a drier environment, but tree mortality is not likely to be uniformly distributed across the landscape.

When an outbreak has occurred (i.e. the introduction of a new disease) determining the causes is often difficult.