Sentences with phrase «studying emerging infectious diseases»

Genome sequencing has become a powerful tool for studying emerging infectious diseases; however, genome sequencing directly from clinical samples without isolation remains challenging for viruses such as Zika, where metagenomic sequencing methods may generate insufficient numbers of viral reads.

She moved to Bethesda, MD, where she studied emerging infectious diseases at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

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Satellite imagery is used for all sorts of climate study, from identifying conditions that allow infectious diseases like West Nile virus and cholera to emerge, to creating models for predicting hurricanes, to distinguishing natural resources such as wind, water and sunlight.

In a study published today [Jan 26, 2016] in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, the team documents a disease trajectory that started with nine positive patients and has now spread to more than 13,000 infected individuals in that country.

No one know how many birds succumb each year to the wildlife trade since much of the trafficking is illegal, but within Southeast Asia alone, it is likely «in the order of tens of millions,» says Kelly Edmunds, a researcher at the University of East Anglia in England who investigates the emerging infectious diseases amongst bird sellers in Asia and was not involved in the study.

The UIC Epicenter for Prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections will study how healthcare workers can care for patients with emerging infectious diseases without putting themselves at risk.

The study will be published online April 12 in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

«The comprehensive nature of this study serves as a model for emerging infectious diseases.»

'' [If] SHERLOCK can be developed to its full potential it could fundamentally change the diagnosis of common and emerging infectious diseases,» study co-author Deb Hung says.

Peter Horby is funded by the European Commission to undertake clinical studies of emerging infectious diseases in Europe.

Prof. Ghedin studies microbial and viral population structures, and how these impact host response to infection and emerging infectious diseases.

Although the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is waning, the CDC would get $ 294 million more than in 2015 to study emerging zoonotic infectious diseases, giving a total of $ 699 million for these activities.

The Golden Retriever Lifetime Study is a great opportunity to look closely at infectious disease patterns over time, including emerging infectious diseases