Sentences with phrase «recent outbreak»

The most recent outbreak was in 2005, when 11 of the 12 victims died.

The high mortality rate of the disease, estimated at around 60 % in the most recent outbreak, made it one of the most deadly infectious diseases in the world.

As a result of recent outbreaks of cattle ticks in Texas, there are 2,720 premises under quarantine covering almost 9 million acres.

These included Lassa virus, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus, Marburg virus, and multiple variants of Ebola virus, including the Makona strain causing the most recent outbreak in West Africa.

With recent outbreaks of E. coli around the world, there is a fear of acquiring an infection from these bacteria.

This was demonstrated during recent outbreaks, from SARS and MERS to avian influenza, swine flu, Ebola, and Zika.

«I wouldn't be surprised if we have 2 or 3 million cases of Zika virus,» said Espinal, based on recent outbreaks of similar viruses in the Americas such as dengue fever and chikungunya.

Following recent outbreaks of Zika virus and the potential health dangers of infection, especially during pregnancy, scientists are striving to rapidly develop effective antiviral drugs that can halt transmission.

The most recent outbreak from Escherichia coli O157: H7 in romaine lettuce spurred me to pull up an old draft, trim it and post it in an attempt to promote public health.

The ruling could be considered a triumph for the «anti-vax» (anti-vaccination) movement, which has been blamed — for instance — for recent outbreaks of measles in Minnesota this May, and in Europe two months earlier.

In the modern world, humans wield considerable control over their environment — even over the diseases they face, as several recent outbreaks attest.

(As you might imagine, most recent outbreaks involve serovars for which vaccination does not exist.)

Dr. John Walker, Texas A&M AgriLife Research director of the center, said the meeting stems from goat producers reporting recent outbreaks in the region, some quite extensive in number and severity.

Christian medical and aid workers have been involved in the fight against Ebola since the most recent outbreak began in March.

The bubonic types responsible for the medieval Black Death and recent outbreaks emerged about 3,000 years ago from a mutation that made Y. pestis flea - borne.

Although vaccines have nearly eliminated this once common childhood disease in the U.S., mumps is still a concern throughout much of the undeveloped world, and has had several recent outbreaks stateside.

As examples of specific preventive care recommendations, Dr. Alton cites recent outbreaks in Vermont of laboratory diagnosed canine influenza, newly emergent cases of leptospirosis, and prevalence of arthropod - borne disease.

Held at the Pafos Municipal Gallery in Cyprus from 9 July until 30 September, the exhibition brings together diverse international artists who explore recent outbreaks of violence in their works.

In Science Times this week, he provides a valuable update on the H5N1 virus behind recent outbreaks of avian flu.

Bats are suspected to have transmitted the virus in the most recent outbreak in India's southern state of Kerala.

Due to Recent Outbreak of Canine Influenza in the Bay Area: We are STRONGLY recommending to vaccinate against Canine Flu for all dogs.

Legionnaires» Outbreak: On Friday, the numbers stood at just over 100 people infected, with ten dead in the most recent outbreak of Legionnaires» disease, this one in the Bronx.

It's a virus that's been around since 1947, but the strain associated with the most recent outbreak and the one before that in French Polynesia are the first to be connected to birth defects and other serious complications including Guillain - Barre Syndrome.

In its most recent outbreak, Zika, which is mainly a mosquito - borne disease, was identified in Brazil in 2015 and has been spreading globally.

Zika, the recent Ebola outbreak, and recent outbreaks of diseases like MERS and SARS show just how important and potentially lifesaving a treatment like that could be — and how frighteningly unprepared we are without one.

Keener's secondary thesis is even more ambitious and will prove much more controversial in biblical studies and the wider culture, given the recent outbreak of jejune New Atheism.

Yes, there seems to be a recent outbreak of comment accusations.

The recent outbreak of blue - green algal blooms was the cause of much concern.

With the recent outbreaks in California, the classes of children most affected were ALL fully vaccinated.

Speaking at the time, Sir Leslie Turnberg, Chairman of the UK Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) commented: ³ The vital importance of infectious disease surveillance is clear from the global increase in infectious diseases and the looming threat of antibiotic resistance... The effectiveness of the PHLS is beyond question, and the astonishingly swift identification of the cause of the recent outbreak of salmonellosis from powdered baby milk undoubtedly saved many babies from becoming ill.

My doctor was concerned about a recent outbreak of hepatitis and persuaded me to not get a blood transfusion, even though I lost enough blood that it took six months of taking iron pills to get my blood iron level back to the normal range.

But a recent outbreak at Florida State University dorms is proof that adults can get it sometimes too.

De Blasio's numbers have declined as the mayor faced what The New York Times described as a «messy second year» that has included an increasingly tense relationship with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), a failed effort to cap the growth of the ride - sharing app Uber in the city, and a widely criticized response to a recent outbreak of Legionnaires» Disease that has left 12 people dead.

Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, has blamed international oil companies for the recent outbreak of violence and cult - related activities in the state.

The timing means that the public would have had time to thoroughly digest both David Davis's resignation and the recent outbreak of sleaze allegations in the Tory party (Caroline Spelman and various MEPs).

Mrs Pavilin Tendai Musoka, the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, commended Ghana for spearheading the fight against the Ebola Virus Disease in the recent outbreak when President Mahama was the chairman of Economic Community for West African States.

Former Minister of Communication under the erstwhile National Democratic Congress administration, Dr Edward Omane Boamah says that Ghana needs a major intervention on the recent outbreak of Swine Flu in the country.

«The honourable minister of health, Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole is intimating Nigerians on the recent outbreak of.

The Federal Government shifted the resumption dates for all private and public schools in the country till Monday as a result of the recent outbreak of the Ebola Disease Virus in some southern states.

The British farming industry is in turmoil again today after Defra announced the most recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease appears to be linked to the Pirbright laboratory in Surrey.

This condition in fetuses and infants has been associated with the recent outbreak of Zika virus.

Daniel Jolley said: «This research is timely in the face of declining vaccination rates and recent outbreaks of vaccinated - against diseases in the UK, such as measles.

The review calls for improved global surveillance strategies to combat the emergence of infectious diseases such as the recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa that has claimed the lives of 122 people in the countries of Guinea and Liberia.

Daniel Jolley said: «The recent outbreak of measles in the UK illustrates the importance of vaccination.

More recently, coinfections of Zika and dengue viruses, Zika and chikungunya, and all three viruses have been reported during various outbreaks, including the recent outbreak of Zika virus in North and South America.

This suggests that the lineages of the three most recent outbreaks all diverged from a common ancestor at roughly the same time, around 2004 (Fig. 2C and Fig. 3A), which supports the hypothesis that each outbreak represents an independent zoonotic event from the same genetically diverse viral population in its natural reservoir.

Understanding this basic question is still a large component of his work, but time and the recent outbreak have shifted his perspective.

A third group primarily studies basic biological questions about how the virus works — although, even before the recent outbreak, their work was starting to shift toward the translational.