Sentences with phrase «role in disease transmission»

«It's pretty strong evidence that the virus is persisting from season to season in tick populations and that these ticks play an important role in disease transmission.»

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The role of bat parasites in maintaining chains of viral infection is little studied, and the new Wisconsin study serves up some intriguing insights into how viruses co-opt parasites to help do the dirty work of disease transmission.

The research also raises questions about how bacteria living in other parts of the body may relate to HIV transmission, and whether they play a role in how other vulnerable populations are affected by the disease.

Given the critical role livestock play in Mongolia, transmission of tick - borne diseases can have very real health and economic implications for livestock and the herders that tend to them.

«Mosquito - borne viruses like Zika may be spread at lower temperatures, potentially expanding impact: Researchers play key role in pinpointing optimal temperature for mosquito - borne disease transmission.»

A new study has found that nearly half of camels in parts of Kenya have been infected by the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and calls for further research into the role they might play in the transmission of this emerging disease to humans.

Thought to play a large role in cell - to - cell communication and disease transmission, they have been objects of scientific curiosity since their discovery three decades ago.

This suggests that plants may play an important role in environmental prion contamination and the horizontal transmission of the disease.

Perhaps of greater importance than a putative interindividual transmission, the prion phenomenon may have a key role in spreading the pathology from cell to cell or from islet to islet during the progression of the disease.

For example, we are continuing to generate the base of evidence needed to empower science based control of the spread of rabies within vampire bats in Latin America, but also exploring fundamental questions about cross-species transmission and the role of host and pathogen genomics in studying disease ecology».

As a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, Ngonghala is exploring the role that mosquito demography and reproduction habits play in the dynamics of malaria and mosquito - borne disease transmission.

Abstract: Given the role of infectious disease in global pollinator decline, there is a need to understand factors that shape pathogen susceptibility and transmission in bees.

The USDA in 1910 was trying to be scientific, but despite having gained a basic understanding of the roles of microbes and viruses, the USDA scientists still understood disease transmission only slightly better than the judges at witch trials.

The research adds Huchon, not only builds the basic knowledge about biodiversity, it could play a role in understanding disease transmission.

Clearly the war on disease is not yet won, but I am excited by the role that our excellent scientists have played in finding a potential single - dose cure for malaria and possibly preventing its transmission.