Sentences with phrase «sexual transmission»

If so, it would be the first documented case of sexual transmission of an insect - borne disease.

The authors say that travellers returning from affected areas would benefit from health education to prevent sexual transmission.

The potential for sexual transmission is high for three to four months after the virus has been cleared from the bloodstream, and possible for an average of seven months.

Their results showed a clear impact from sexual transmission.

These include incredibly common infections, as well as those caused by pathogens you might have heard of but probably don't associate with sexual transmission.

Although it is primarily spread by mosquitoes, some evidence suggests sexual transmission is possible as well.

This attribute allowed the investigators to study sexual transmission from male to female mice, which occurred frequently.

There were, however, two components of sexual transmission about which very little is known.

This is useful, but it is disappointing not to see sexual transmission also included in this list.

Dr. Bruce Aylward, the WHO's special representative for the Ebola response, said the cluster is believed to have been ignited through sexual transmission involving an Ebola survivor.

Daniel Bausch and Ian Crozier in a commentary: «A documented case of sexual transmission in Liberia six months after acute Ebola virus disease, along with accumulating evidence of similar events, remind us that even low levels of virus can result in transmission.»

The HPTN 052 trial was designed to evaluate whether antiretroviral therapy reduces sexual transmission of HIV.

Partners of pregnant women are advised to use a condom to guard against sexual transmission during pregnancy.

The CDC advises that partners of pregnant women use a condom to guard against sexual transmission during pregnancy.

«We have documented the full clinical spectrum of acute Zika virus infection in 12 % of all such cases imported to Canada from the Americas over a 1 - year period, including adverse fetal and neurologic outcomes, as well as sexual transmission,» write the authors.

For example, there is one reported case where the disease — at least circumstantially — appears to have been passed between humans via sexual transmission.

The transmission of ZIKV to the wife of one of the scientists who had no history travel in the virus endemic area supports sexual transmission of ZIKV in this case [22].

By preserving the physiological features of coitus, the approach allows the dynamic aspects of viral sexual transmission to be investigated in vivo.

As both DENV and ZIKV are increasingly spreading from tropical to temperate zones worldwide, the team has also begun to investigate DENV evolution in Nepal and ZIKV sexual transmission.

The HIV prevention strategy whose impact was observed in the study is based on earlier findings by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and others demonstrating the protective effect of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV - uninfected men and of HIV - suppressing antiretroviral therapy (ART) for halting sexual transmission of the virus to uninfected partners.

What's still unclear is how important sexual transmission is in Zika's epidemiology.

Foy and his co-authors believe sexual transmission of a mosquito - borne virus has never been reported before, although there were hints from the literature that it might be possible.

Recent reports have confirmed sexual transmission of the Zika virus from infected men to uninfected women.

The potential consequences on fetuses after sexual transmission to pregnant women were also unknown.

But this information is vital for scientists who are trying to design vaccines to protect against sexual transmission because inside cells, the virus may go undetected by the immune system.

«Ebola survivor study yields insights on complications of disease: Other findings may have implications for potential sexual transmission of Ebola.»

The first is what proportion of people who survive Ebola are actually able to transmit the virus through sexual contact; the second is how the rate of sexual transmission compares to that of regular transmission.

The model described here has several advantages compared with previous experimental approaches for investigating sexual transmission of HIV.

Dr. Anna Wald and colleagues wrote,»... the risk of sexual transmission does not correlate with the recognition of clinical signs and symptoms of HSV - 2 but most likely correlates with the activity of the virus on the genital skin or mucosa.»

Shomyseh Sanjabi and her team show that different routes of sexual transmission affect how a virus spreads through the body.

There is currently no vaccine or treatment for Zika, which is spread primarily through the bite of an infected mosquito, although it can also spread through sexual transmission.

Earlier observational studies had shown a similar impact of ARVs reducing sexual transmission in heterosexual couples, but this was the first to demonstrate the prevention power of the drugs in a randomized, controlled clinical trial.

«The study now makes crystal clear that when an HIV - infected person takes antiretroviral therapy that keeps the virus suppressed, the treatment is highly effective at preventing sexual transmission of HIV to an uninfected heterosexual partner,» said NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. «For heterosexuals who can achieve and maintain viral suppression, the risk to their partners is exceedingly low.»

Based on additional data gathered since 2011, today's finding unequivocally demonstrates the enduring power of HIV - controlling antiretroviral therapy to greatly reduce sexual transmission of the virus.

They also add that it might be worthwhile to consider people who have condomless sex with people who have traveled to areas with ongoing Zika virus as possibly exposed to the virus.So far there have been slightly more than 20 cases of Zika virus from sexual transmission in the United States.

If it can be identified, it might even be used to prevent other forms of HIV transmission, such as sexual transmission.

While the majority of pregnant women the CDC is monitoring were infected with Zika while they traveled, the agency says some of these women were infected via sexual transmission.

«At the moment the implications and additional risk associated with sexual transmission of Zika virus are unknown.

And there's an entire chapter devoted to BV in the premier medical textbook on STDs, and its authors say that, while sexually inexperienced females can get BV, «the weight of evidence supports sexual transmission» of G. vaginalis, the bacteria species most famously implicated in BV infections.

According to the CDC»S website, the list identifies places where pregnant women should avoid travel, and where travelers should strictly follow steps to prevent mosquito bites and sexual transmission during and after the trip.

«Ongoing surveillance is needed to determine the risk for sexual transmission of Zika virus infection from asymptomatic persons,» the researchers write.

Research published on July 24th in PLOS Pathogens reports that HIV infection re-shapes the relationship between semen bacteria and immune factors which in turn affects viral load, suggesting that the semen microbiome plays a role in sexual transmission of HIV.

A small number of cases of sexual transmission have been reported in the United States and elsewhere.

AIDS spreads more easily from men to women than in the opposite direction, and traumatic sex, with the tearing of tissues, is the easiest route to sexual transmission.

«Consistent and correct use of latex condoms reduces the risk of sexual transmission of many infections, including those caused by other viruses.»