Sentences with phrase «potentially infect humans»

Mosquitoes are capable of carrying Zika and chikungunya viruses simultaneously and can secrete enough in their saliva to potentially infect humans with both viruses in a single bite, according to new research presented today at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH).

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I am hoping to have a progressive home and raise my daughter to be open and aware, but I do not think I will allow someone elses child into my home to possibly infect or abuse my daughter... He could certainly be a great guy, or he could not be... He could be a bad guy who could change my daughter by hurting her in many different ways... Sex is sex, but another human being being raised by some one you do not know could potentially be harmful... Even if I know the other childs mother or father... the other child could be not so good at heart... I will just raise my child to focus on herself and her future and her education and wants, needs, likes, and dislikes before jumping in the bed with some body who could hit her, impregnat her, or give her an STD: S

«Health Department officials confirm that the species of mosquito found to be infected with EEE generally feeds on birds, but prudence dictates we take every precaution to protect the public's health and safety when dealing with the potentially serious threat this disease poses to livestock and humans,» Picente said.

Using human fetal «mini-brains» grown in 3 - D cultures, scientists determined that a specific protein produced by the Zika virus changes the properties of neural stem cells in the developing brain of an infected fetus, potentially causing microcephaly in newborns (Ki - Jun Yoon, abstract 103.06, see attached summary).

«In people chronically infected with hepatitis B or C, human papillomaviruses or other viruses known to cause cancer, radioimmunotherapy could potentially eliminate virus - infected cells before they're able to transform into cancer cells.»

But even if XMRV is not a threat to human health, the fact that a retrovirus that can readily infect human cells was apparently generated by chance in the lab raises some interesting and potentially troubling issues.

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.

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Vermont Department of Health is investigating a group of 10 puppies potentially infected with leptospirosis that were imported to Vermont and New Hampshire from Puerto Rico on November 9.

Leptospirosis is a potentially fatal bacterial disease that can infect wild animals, domestic animals and humans.

Humans that have been bitten by a potentially rabid animal are usually given post-exposure vaccinations and a globulin (antibody) injection to protect them from becoming infected.

In addition, every case of rabies in an animal potentially puts humans at risk of being bitten and infected.

Hantavirus, a serious, potentially life - threatening disease present in some deer mice droppings, can infect humans who inhale the airborne virus when sweeping or cleaning up droppings.

It can also potentially spread to humans from infected animals.

Not every food animal that is infected with a potentially harmful pathogen can be detected and rejected from the human food supply, but considering the scale of the project, food inspectors do a heroic job.

Humans can potentially get infected if they are bitten by a mosquito that is carrying heartworm.

Animals can be carriers with no visible symptoms and potentially infect other animals or humans.

The diagnosis seemed so unlikely, but because Leptospirosis is a potentially fatal infection which can also affect humans, it was important to treat her as though she was infected in order to give her the best chance of survival and to protect hospital staff and her own family.

Some deer mice at the islands are infected with hantavirus, a potentially lethal disease for humans, but the Park Service wants to maintain them because they are native to Anacapa.

Potential impacts of climate change on the transmission of Lyme disease include: 1) changes in the geographic distribution of the disease due to the increase in favorable habitat for ticks to survive off their hosts; 85 2) a lengthened transmission season due to earlier onset of higher temperatures in the spring and later onset of cold and frost; 3) higher tick densities leading to greater risk in areas where the disease is currently observed, due to milder winters and potentially larger rodent host populations; and 4) changes in human behaviors, including increased time outdoors, which may increase the risk of exposure to infected ticks.