Sentences with phrase «reservoir host»

Dogs are believed to be the main reservoir host for Bartonella vinsonii subspecies berkhoffii.

«And we thought that was important because birds are the natural reservoir hosts of West Nile Virus.»

«Bats, which are important reservoir hosts for many pathogens, particularly viruses, have been hosts to malaria parasites for more than a century,» said coauthor Susan Perkins, an associate curator in the Museum's Division of Invertebrate Zoology.

Because the natural reservoir host of Ebola has not yet been confirmed, the way in which the virus first appears in a human at the start of an outbreak is unknown.

In mice, the major reservoir host for B. burgdorferi, disease varies by mouse strain and age, while the early and late - disseminated manifestations are either absent or temporary [29].

Cats are believed to be the main reservoir host for Bartonella henselae and Bartonella clarridgeiae.

«Despite scattered evidence from years of study, we're still searching for the «smoking gun'that identifies the most important reservoir host species of Ebola,» says Kevin Olival, a researcher at the EcoHealth Alliance in New York City.

We call these their «primary reservoirs hosts».

Although the majority of human cases of MERS have been attributed to human - to - human infections, camels are likely to be a major reservoir host for the virus and an animal source of MERS infection in humans.

Savage said there is a separate team of researchers conducting tests with animals in the area in an effort to identify the «reservoir hosts» that are carrying the virus and passing it along to ticks.

The Ebola virus is transmitted to people from its reservoir host and spreads in the human population through human - to - human transmission.

This clever study aims to attack Lyme disease where it starts, with the deer ticks that feed on the reservoir host of the Lyme disease bacteria: the white footed mouse.

The dog can serve as a reservoir host for Leptospirosis of man.