Sentences with phrase «small number of infection»

Even before treatment, cancer patients in the study had a small number of infection - and tumor - fighting T cells that target these unusual proteins, the researchers found.

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PHE and relevant local authorities are investigating the infection control measures required for this type of birthing pool and local authorities will be working with the small number of companies who supply these heated birthing pools for use at home.

If a bacterial population can become antibiotic - resistant even when only a small number of individuals have the appropriate genetic mutations, doctors who collect and analyze small bacterial specimens from patients may underestimate just how resistant the infection is as a whole, Collins notes.

These numbers might look small, but they are quickly creeping toward those figures already present in the resistance epicenter of western Cambodia, about 800 kilometers away, where the mean clearance time in 119 different patients was 5.5 hours, and 42 percent of the infections had a half - life of more than 6.2 hours.

Members of that family, including nonpathogenic E. coli (Escherichia coli), are present in small numbers in the healthy gut and protect against infection with pathogens such as Salmonella, a common cause of food poisoning.

Nonetheless, if a small number of inactive chlamydia cells passed from groom to bride, the infection could have became active in its new host.

The reliably high percentage of those who develop viremia following exposure to this challenge virus is another advantage — when most or all volunteers develop viremia or other signs of infection, clinical trials can enroll relatively small numbers of people but still achieve answers to such questions as whether a candidate vaccine protects against infection, she noted.

In the study, researchers used the blood of seven people who survived Ebola Bundibugyo virus infection during the 2007 outbreak in Uganda to isolate a large number of B cells that produce antibodies, which are the small protein molecules capable of inactivating the virus.

In the study, the researchers detected a very small number of SIV infected cells in the gut within initial 2.5 days of viral infection; however, the inflammatory response to the virus was playing havoc with the gut lining.

In an editorial in the British Medical Journal this week, Anne Johnson from University College and Middlesex School of Medicine says that though numbers remain small, the number of «homegrown» heterosexual infections has risen consistently each year.

We know a small number of international health workers were infected with the virus but we thought it was possible that some infections had been missed, as we know asymptomatic or unrecognised infections can occur.

Infection movement was strongly skewed to a small number of «high - traffic» routes, with malaria cases originating from West Africa accounting for 56 percent (13,947) of all cases detected in non-endemic countries.

While there are trends in certain vaginal microbiota and increased risk in acquiring transient and persistent HPV infections, current studies are heterogenous in nature and describe relatively small numbers of cohorts with limited control groups.

A smaller number of people go on to suffer from antibiotic - refractory Lyme arthritis — a painful inflammation of the joints that long outlasts the infection.

For example, pneumonitis, which a small number of patients on checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy may experience, can cause some of the same symptoms as a bacterial respiratory infection, but should be treated with steroids instead of antibiotics.

The high selectivity, and the potency with which some of these receptors promote flavivirus infection, suggest only a small number of receptors might be effectively targeted to treat these diseases.

They were surprised to find that the samples contained a small number of fragments of variola virus — the genetic remains of infection with the virus that causes smallpox.

I had a number of infections from parasites, SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth), H. pylori (a stubborn bacteria that inhibits stomach acid production)-- I worked with a functional doctor and a number of herbal protocols to get rid of them.

With a number of infections, the body's immune system is able to kill the majority of pathogens, but a small amount of pathogens are able to evade the immune system.

In both kittens and adult cats with small numbers of worms, there may be no clinical signs of infection.

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Despite the unfortunate outcome in these cases, the number of confirmed cases of H1N1 infection in cats is quite small compared to the US cat population, estimated at 81 million.

The number of confirmed cases of H1N1 infection in domestic animals is quite small compared to the overall US pet population.

In general, influenza infections have become less common in recent years with the exception of a small number of shelters and communities in which illness has become endemic.

Though infections in cats can be light (consisting of just a couple worms), the importance of heartworms is amplified because even a small number of heartworms in a cat can be life threatening.

The presence of an abnormally high number of white blood cells confirms urinary tract infection or inflammation and small crystals of oxalate or other stone - forming elements may be seen as well.