Sentences with phrase «spread dangerous pathogens»

This information could someday be used to help control mosquitoes, particularly the species that spread dangerous pathogens.

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«There is likely a biological underpinning to kissing, as it can often involve exchange of pheromones and saliva, and also pathogens — which might be particularly dangerous in societies without oral hygiene, where kissing may lead to spread of respiratory or other illness,» he said.

The most dangerous and virulent pathogens, like the Ebola virus, kill their victims too quickly, so an infected person is able to spread the disease to only a relatively small number of people before succumbing.

They fear the emergence of a dangerous new human pathogen, possibly spread to people from fruit bats via pigs.

And even before that, public health officials had identified nearly two dozen dangerous pathogens — many of them resistant to virtually all antibiotics — whose spread in health facilities and elsewhere could result in potentially catastrophic consequences.