Sentences with phrase «small outbreaks in»

Other viral diseases spread by the same mosquitoes — including dengue and chikungunya — that have caused massive epidemics south of the U.S. border have triggered only small outbreaks in the United States.
«It started with a small outbreak in rural Kansas» before moving to Europe, Gellin said.
The team, who published their findings in the journal Science, predict the next large - scale epidemic is unlikely to emerge for at least another ten years — although there is a possibility of smaller outbreaks in this time.
E. coli O104 first emerged as a pathogen in a small outbreak in Helena in early 1994.

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His firm specializes in advising businesses on privacy risks, and he says the same rules apply to businesses big and small — and in fact, the results of social media outbreaks can be even more dire on the small side.
The outbreak of Zika, a mosquito - borne disease, was detected last year in Brazil, where it has been linked to more than 1,700 cases of microcephaly, a birth defect marked by small head size that can lead to severe developmental problems.
Cryptosporidium, or crypto for short, is a parasite that frustrates many parents each summer as it causes small outbreaks of diarrhea in places like community pools, water parks, and water spray parks that recycle the water.
He described Monkey Pox as a viral illness caused by a group of viruses that include chicken pox and small pox, noting that the first case was noticed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and subsequently it had outbreaks in the West African region.
There have been no reports of the virus is being transmitted from mosquitoes to people in the U.S., though officials are concerned that small outbreaks could happen as the weather warms.
In the same year as the first outbreak and death from MRSA, the late John F Kennedy in his American University speech in 1963 said «In the final analysis our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breath the same air, we all cherish our children's future, & we are all mortal.&raquIn the same year as the first outbreak and death from MRSA, the late John F Kennedy in his American University speech in 1963 said «In the final analysis our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breath the same air, we all cherish our children's future, & we are all mortal.&raquin his American University speech in 1963 said «In the final analysis our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breath the same air, we all cherish our children's future, & we are all mortal.&raquin 1963 said «In the final analysis our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breath the same air, we all cherish our children's future, & we are all mortal.&raquIn the final analysis our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breath the same air, we all cherish our children's future, & we are all mortal.»
But this outbreak appears to have waned quicker than those in other cities across the globe — both large and small.
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He explained that the pro-activeness of the governor in setting up the committee prior to the outbreak of the farmer - herdsmen crisis in the state helped in no small way to forestall any crisis and ensure that both farmers and herdsmen live harmoniously without blemish.
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«We'll probably have some small focal outbreak from an imported human case that goes unrecognized for a while, and — like a smoldering fire that eventually blows up — the next thing you know, dengue is endemic in the United States,» he says.
Further muddying matters, some researchers claim that the disorder is simply an extreme variant on an existing disease, pointing to similar, if smaller - scale, outbreaks of «disappearing disease» among bees that struck in the 1930s and 1970s, with equal lack of explanation.
Consecutive rabies and distemper outbreaks recently cut one of the smallest known wolf populations down to two individuals, Sillero's team reported in December in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
SM: With H5N1, in the late»90s there was a small outbreak of 18 cases with six deaths in Hong Kong.
The effects of vaccinations were studied in the models, and the authors concluded that the actual H1N1 vaccination distribution schedule played only a small role in curtailing the outbreak.
Since then, the virus — now named for the river where it appeared — has re-emerged unpredictably, mostly in Central Africa but sometimes farther afield, causing small but deadly outbreaks in a village or two.
While climate conditions in the U.S. are increasingly favorable to mosquitos, socioeconomic factors such as access to clean water and air conditioning make large - scale outbreaks unlikely, according to new analysis of existing research — but small - scale, localized outbreaks are an ongoing concern.
The finding of virus in the brain could also be important, since the most devastating impact of the current outbreak in Brazil appears to be children of infected mothers born with microcephaly — abnormally small heads and, in some cases, incomplete brain development.
The ongoing Zika virus outbreak in Latin America and the Caribbean has created an urgent need for identifying small animal models as a first step toward developing vaccines and treatments to fight the infection.
Now, most outbreaks tend to be smaller, and in a more confined geographical area (see «Ebola hotspots»).
Although most people in the U.S. receive measles vaccinations, the small number of people who refuse the vaccine are fueling outbreaks.
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 viruIn 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 viruin Uganda to isolate a large number of B cells that produce antibodies, which are the small protein molecules capable of inactivating the virus.
With the recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa reviving interest in the first outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever 40 years ago, scientists led by Dr. Joel Breman of the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health have released a report highlighting lessons learned from the smaller, more quickly contained 1976 outbreak.
An entire subset of small worker ants, for example, develops enlarged glands and seem to specialize in finding and treating fungus outbreaks.
If the outbreaks are just the result of environmental changes, perhaps Zika was always capable of causing serious effects, but they were rare in small populations and only became obvious when the virus hit a lot of people.
But there have been small outbreaks of dengue in Texas near the Mexican border, Hayden said, as well as a disease found in the Caribbean, called chikungunya, in Florida.
There were several smaller naval battles in the first few months after the outbreak of the war, but given the strength of the British Royal Navy, the Germans were reluctant to risk a full - scale battle until 1916.
The disease — typically spread by fleas that carry the bacteria and can infect humans or small rodents, like rats — remains a threat, with minor outbreaks still common in Africa, the Americas, and Asia.
For animals, this could mean making sure a population doesn't get so small that something like a disease outbreak — such as the one that happened with saiga antelope in 2015 — or a really bad winter results in extinction.
The model shows that even the smallest and shortest outbreaks in the presence of sexual transmission were larger and longer - lasting than outbreaks where no sexual transmission occurred.
He also predicts that the outbreak in western Japan will follow the course of the one among high schools in New York City, with mild cases predominating but with smaller numbers of severe cases among those with other health problems.
Since then, small outbreaks have appeared in Asia and Africa, but symptoms were generally mild and did not appear to have any long - term effects.
This method will be useful when the death risk of a novel infectious disease has to be quantified using data from small numbers of patients during the course of an outbreak, providing information on which age groups to minimize exposure in hospitals, nursing homes and daycare facilities.
Past outbreaks of Zika occurred among small populations in the Pacific islands, and uncommon kinds of birth defects were not noticed right away.
Close disease surveillance and targeted use of anti-viral drugs could be enough to keep a small outbreak of avian flu from becoming the first influenza pandemic in 36 years, according to a new...
Program fellows from the 2009 — 2014 grant tackled problems of interest to Kansans such as the expansion of woody vegetation in rangelands, disease outbreaks in small mammal populations, or how insects respond to temperature change.
But in the last nine years there have been reports of small, isolated dengue outbreaksin 2004 and 2005 in south Texas and from 2009 to 2011 in Key West.
Published online today in the journal Nature, the analysis found that the epidemic unfolded in small, overlapping outbreaks with surprisingly few infected travelers sparking new outbreaks elsewhere, each case representing a missed opportunity to break the transmission chain and end the epidemic sooner.
However, Professor Ferguson highlighted there are still many questions to answer about Zika - and therefore many caveats to making predictions: «In a worst case scenario Zika would become endemic in Latin America in the long - term, which would mean smaller, frequent outbreakIn a worst case scenario Zika would become endemic in Latin America in the long - term, which would mean smaller, frequent outbreakin Latin America in the long - term, which would mean smaller, frequent outbreakin the long - term, which would mean smaller, frequent outbreaks.
Nonacidic juices (like carrot) are most at - risk for botulism and small outbreak occurred in 2006, prompting a recall.
But it's pregnant women who need to be cautious: The Zika outbreak in Brazil has been linked to microcephaly — a neurodevelopmental disorder in which an infant's head is smaller than normal.
While I have broken out in shingles (a lot of stress in my job as I am OCD - and very competitive) I have gone 4 weeks with no painful outbreaks, until 3 days ago, and the small blister that came about was manageable (I take nothing for the pain, not even aspirin / tylenol / ibuprofen) so maybe this LDN will work for me, I am hopeful, as this will be a BIG game changer.
Some serious outbreaks have occurred around the world in recent years leaving people hospititalised or even, in a very small number of cases, dead.
Subsequent outbreaks are less severe with smaller sores that clear up in a few days.
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