Sentences with phrase «small outbreaks of»

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.

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.

SM: With H5N1, in the late»90s there was a small outbreak of 18 cases with six deaths in Hong Kong.

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...

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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.

The new procedures, meant to reduce the chances of another outbreak, reportedly will make it more difficult for the restaurant chain to source ingredients from small local suppliers that may not be able to afford the technology and other requirements for increased scrutiny.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Other experts say the strategy can only control the small outbreaks that occur when small patches of trees are stressed.

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.

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.

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 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.

«Many chemotherapy drugs leave a small amount of cancer stem cells that cause a renewed outbreak of the disease after a few years.

Although waterborne outbreaks can be a risk when people are densely clustered, only a small number of people reported having diarrhea.

An entire subset of small worker ants, for example, develops enlarged glands and seem to specialize in finding and treating fungus outbreaks.

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.

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.

They found that their random networks quickly developed core - periphery structures, with populations of males who have sex with males forming an outbreak - sustaining core and the heterosexual population experiencing smaller outbreaks on the periphery.

The WHO has stockpiled of 120,000 courses of the antiviral drug, far too small a supply to halt an outbreak, the studies warn.

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.

«But a very small percentage of foodborne outbreaks is associated with processed foods.»

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.

The model ran several different scenarios to determine the impact level ranging from smaller outbreaks that may incur few costs (i.e., no lawsuits and legal fees or fines) to larger outbreaks that incur a high amount of lawsuits and legal fees.

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.

Anyamba, A., K. J. Linthicum, J. L. Small, K. M. Collins, C. J. Tucker, E. W. Pak, S. C. Britch, J. R. Eastman, J. E. Pinzon, and K. L. Russell, 2012: Climate teleconnections and recent patterns of human and animal disease outbreaks.

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.

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 outbreaks — in 2004 and 2005 in south Texas and from 2009 to 2011 in Key West.

The future of infectious disease surveillance and outbreak response is trending towards smaller hand - held solutions for point - of - need pathogen detection.

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.

is set in the small country town of Willamette, Colorado, in the midst of a zombie outbreak.

«Lymelife» looks interesting, a film seen through the eyes of a young boy, portrayed by Rory Culkin, and what happens when an outbreak of Lyme disease hits a small town.

The engaging survival - focused gameplay aspects are combined with a rich and immersive storyline in which a small group of people find themselves in a tropical paradise turned into total chaos and carnage after a mysterious zombie outbreak.

After surviving a virus outbreak that turns people into zombies, a small group of immune survivors escape the island of Banoi and are picked up by the military.

An outbreak of madness and murder takes hold of a small South Korean town in this superlative thriller.

Director Na Hong - jin's tale of a ravenous outbreak following the arrival of a mysterious Japanese man in a small South Korean mountain village brings everything good about horror to the screen.

A zombie outbreak of extraterrestrial origin strikes rural Australia in this ambitious and successful debut from the Spierig brothers -LRB--RRB-, which mines humor in small - town personalities placed in unusual circumstances.

Isaza recalls a large outbreak of hemorrhagic calicivirus about 10 years ago where the sentinel cat was a kitten that came from a shelter and was housed in a small animal practice.

Only a very small number of cats died during the outbreak, while hundreds of infected cats survived.

The puzzles of population cycles and outbreaks of small mammals solved?