Sentences with phrase «spread by infected mosquitoes»

Spread by infected mosquitoes, it's a serious problem.

Spread by infected mosquitoes, heartworm is increasingly being recognized as an underlying cause of health problems in domestic cats.

West Nile virus is spread by infected mosquitoes, and targets the central nervous system.

A serious and sometimes fatal infectious disease that is spread by infected mosquitoes, malaria and its parasite Plasmodium falciparum, is responsible for nearly 450,000 deaths every year, the majority of them children under the age of five.

Zika is a viral infection that is spread by infected mosquitos, most often of the Aedes species.

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It is primarily transmitted by tropical mosquitoes — the same kind known for spreading dengue — that pick up the virus from infected people, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Beard explained that Zika infections, like almost all diseases spread by mosquitoes, hinge on two variables: infected hosts and capable carriers.

As members of the Eliminate Dengue Program, an international effort managed by Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, they have explored how a bacterium that infects 60 percent of insects around the world may be used as a tool to combat the spread of dengue and similar mosquito - borne viruses.

Benzoquinoline was also effective against vesicular stomatitis virus from the rhabdovirus family, which can infect insects, cattle, horses and pigs, and Zika virus, which is spread to humans by mosquitoes.

Every year, about 390 million people are infected with dengue virus, which is primarily spread by Aedes mosquitoes, with tropical climates hit hardest.

The virus is spread by two types of the mosquito species Aedes, the Aegypi and the Albopictus; by infected pregnant women passing it on to their fetus; and through sexual transmission.

This will provide information that could be used to illuminate how malaria — a disease which causes more than half a million deaths a year — is spread from human to human by parasite - infected female mosquitoes which bite people to feed on blood they need in order to reproduce.

Malaria is spread mainly by the bite of infected mosquitoes and is most common in Africa.

In 2016, a colony of penguins living in Exmoor Zoo in the UK suddenly died after an outbreak of avian malaria, a parasitic disease spread by the bites of infected mosquitoes.

Heartworms are spread by mosquitoes that are infected with immature or «baby» heartworms when they bite an infected dog and ingest its blood.

Heartworms are spread from infected dogs to other dogs by mosquitoes.

Heartworms are parasites that are spread by the bite of an infected mosquito.

Heartworms are spread by mosquitoes and are capable of infecting cats in addition to dogs.

At that point, if the infected dog is bitten by a mosquito, the disease may then be spread to other dogs.

Mosquitoes blown great distances by the wind and the transportation of infected pets to different geographic locations can all contribute to the spread of heartworm disease.2

Dogs may become infected with heartworms, a parasite spread by mosquitoes.

Heartworms are spread by mosquitoes, which pick up the immature stages from an infected dog, and then pass them on to a different dog when they move on for another blood meal.

They are spread from one infected pet to another by mosquitoes.

The mosquito spreads heartworm disease by biting an infected dog, drinking in the heartworm and then passing on the worm by biting another dog.

Heartworms are spread by a mosquito bite and even if your puppy is only in your yard for bathroom breaks, it is still possible to become infected with heartworms which are difficult and expensive to treat and can be fatal.

Heartworm disease is spread by mosquitos when they bite an infected dog (or some other animals) and then transfer it to the next dog during their future blood meal.

Heartworms are spread by a mosquito bite and even if your dog is only in your yard for bathroom breaks, it is still possible to become infected with heartworms which are difficult and expensive to treat and can be fatal.

Also for dogs, there's the IDEXX 4DX Snap test, which tests for Lyme exposure (in clinically and sub-clinically infected dogs), exposure to Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma platys (tick diseases), detection of antibodies to Ehrlichia canis or Ehrlichia ewingii (more tick disease), and canine heartworm (spread by mosquitoes).

Vectra 3D also greatly reduces the spread of resistant heartworms by blocking the transmission of resistant microfilariae from infected dogs to mosquitoes.

Coinciding with mosquito season, heartworm disease is spread by mosquitoes that become infected with microfilariae while taking a blood meal from an infected dog.

Once a dog is infected he is also at risk for spreading heartworms to other dogs by infecting new mosquitos.

Mosquitoes blown great distances by the wind and the relocation of infected pets to previously uninfected areas all contribute to the spread of heartworm disease.

Heartworms are spread from animal to animal by mosquitoes and live in the heart and pulmonary arteries of infected animals.