Sentences with phrase «rare human cases»

Mice with a gene mutation linked to rare human cases of autism show a hallmark symptom of the disorder: impaired social interactions.

Not exact matches

Mosquitoes and ticks may spread more disease, but many people find bedbugs more repulsive, even though documented cases of bedbug - human pathogen transmission are rare.

Human cases are rare, about five to 10 cases a year, but 35 % to 50 % of those with the disease die, and more than a third of its survivors have lasting neurological damage.

Cases of humans in Europe developing rabies from the fox borne virus are relatively rare (see Diagram).

This remarkable partnership, described in a study published in the 22 July issue of Science, reveals how birds can attach specific meaning to a human's call, and represents a rare case of mutual cooperation between humans and a wild animal.

In the case of Influenza A, the loss of RNA exosome activity severely compromises viral infectivity, but also manifests in human neurodegeneration suggesting that viruses target essential proteins implicated in rare disease in order to ensure continual adaptation.

The challenge takes on even more urgency with recent developments, including a federal administration now more open to exploring the potential of stem cells, the recent FDA approval of a human trial involving embryonic stem cells, as well as the reported case of a young boy who developed a brain tumor four years after receiving a stem - cell treatment for a rare genetic disorder.

Such cases, if they even occur, are obviously exceptionally rare, and the probability of finding a fossil human skull with such a small brain is essentially zero.

Potentially serious side - effects In addition to potentially common side effects, these extremely rare side effects are listed by the FDA as potential dangers in the case of human consumption.

There are rare cases of humans and animals that are born without this hormone, and every single one of them have the same thing in common: they're absolutely shredded.

Except in extremely rare cases, all humans are born with the ability to produce lactase; a human infant's survival depends on the ability to digest and absorb its mother's milk, after all.

In the case of Inside Llewyn Davis, this consistent pull toward bad luck gives the film a rare sort of melancholy, one that avoids sentimentality and pity, as well as outright cynicism, to find a strange, unmistakable truth about the emotional bruises and physical suffering of life as a human or, even worse, an artist.

After exposure, the incubation period in humans is usually several weeks to months, but ranges from days (in severe bites to head or neck) to, in rare cases, a year or more if the wound was superficial.

You should also be aware that wet tail is contagious to other hamsters and in some rarer cases can cause stomach upsets in humans as well so it is very important to wash your hands thoroughly before and after handling a sick pet and to quarantine them from other animals until all symptoms have disappeared.

While rare, there have been five cases of plague in humans in Oregon since 1995.

Although very rare, as with humans, some canines do have shellfish allergies which make shrimp a potentially fatal food in those cases.

While hookworm cases in humans are rare, the parasites can get in through the skin, which means you need to be careful when treating your pet.

It can also be detected in other mammals, and in rare cases, including humans.

The good news is that cases identified in domestic animals are still quite rare, and human cases are even rarer in the US — only 1 - 3 cases are identified annually.

The most common form of Coccidia does not cause disease in people, however, in rare cases less common forms can infect humans (Cryptosporidium).

Rabies, which is very rare in humans in the U.S. but fatal in nearly all cases if left untreated, is spread via saliva.

FELINE BORDETELLOSIS This infection caused by the Bordetella bronchiseptica bacteria can affect both dogs, cats, rabbits and, in rare cases, humans.

Humans are unnatural hosts for heartworm — therefore cases of infection are rare.

In some rare cases, this breed is aggressive toward other animals and humans.

Luckily, it's extremely rare — CDC reports an average of just seven human cases per year.

In the United States, human cases of rabies are rare, only a few each year.

Chocolate contains chemicals which rarely cause problems for humans, but for cats and other domestic pets, these chemicals can, in rare cases, be deadly.

Heartworm disease is a preventable yet serious condition caused by parasitic worms living in the arteries of the lungs, heart, and surrounding blood vessels of dogs, cats, wild canines and felines, other mammal species, and in rare cases, humans.

Little is known about the risk of humans catching flu viruses from cats; however, in rare cases, people may catch the flu from cats.

[54] While freezing pork at -15 °C (5 °F) for 20 days will kill any Trichinella spiralis worm, [55] trichinosis is rare in countries with well established meat inspection programs, [56] with cases of trichinosis in humans in the United States mostly coming from consumption of raw or undercooked wild game.

In both cases it is rare for the bears to grow to depend on human food and trash.

Acuña's situation is so precarious that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has called on Peru's government to take precautionary measures to protect her safety, a relatively rare step it also took in Cáceres's case.

While it appears that no recorded cases have considered human rights legislation in the context of patients with rare diseases seeking treatment, this avenue has been successful in analogous situations, and thus a review of cases sheds light on how courts may decide claims brought by patients with rare diseases.

Cases in which the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario considers the scope of an employer's duty to implement accommodative measures during the interview process are relatively rare.

Driving can put your vehicle in the path of a wild animal, which can cause significant vehicle damage, injury, or in rare cases, a human fatality.