Sentences with phrase «to infect the host»

Is this also true for pathogens in infected host tissues?

Therefore, identification of molecules that affect both parasites during their release from infected host cells not only highlights robustness of the complementary screening approach we adopted, but also conserved drug targets for pan anti-parasitic drug development,» Dr Dhanasekaran Shanmugam from NCL added.

A neutralizing antibody is one that not only recognizes a specific virus but also prevents it from infecting host cells, so eventually the infection is «cleared» from the individual.

5/24/2007 How Plague - Causing Bacteria Disarm Host Defense Effector proteins are the bad guys that help bacterial pathogens do their job of infecting the host by crippling the body's immune system.

Viruses can only replicate themselves by infecting a host cell and therefore can not reproduce on their own.

After comparing HA genetic sequences in five key locations that control the viruses» interactions with infected hosts, the researchers calculated an «antigenic index» for each strain.

These parasites can not grow without infecting a host plant, and are responsible for some of the greatest destructions of crops in human history.

One of the main characteristics of herpesviruses is their ability to infect their hosts for life and in a small percentage of these people ultimately lead to cancer.

Hookworms are incredibly small and yet extremely difficult to eradicate once they have infected a host animal.

HIV can either be spread through free - floating virus that directly infect the host immune cells or an infected cell can pass the virus to an uninfected cell.

«However, a less studied perspective is whether and how pesticides affect the ability for parasites to successfully infect their hosts.»

In the initial step, all monkeys were treated with genetically modified SIV, which infected the host cells but was unable to replicate in the body.

On the other hand, their research also showed that straight rod - shaped V. cholerae could not infect a host as efficiently.

Inapparent infections may not be lethal, but may affect the reproduction and longevity of covertly infected hosts [42].

Some crop — and even human — diseases might be stopped dead in their tracks if researchers can harness a new discovery about how pathogens first infect their hosts

The immune system commonly makes antibodies against hemagglutinin that foil the strain's ability to infect the host again.

To learn how Mycobacterium tuberculosis mounts a defense against a drug, Baliga is first looking within the bacterium, identifying the genes, proteins and other molecules that interact as the microbe infects a host.

Scientists at the Center for Infectious Disease Research recently uncovered a critical piece in the puzzle of how malaria parasites infect their host.

Akentrogonid larvae, on the other hand, infect their hosts immediately after hatching.

Parasitic fungi usually infect a host, then control its behaviour in a way that gives the fungus a better chance of spreading to more victims.

The Lyme disease spirochaete, Borrelia burgdorferi, can invade and persistently infect its hosts» connective tissues.

The rapid global evolution of influenza viruses begins with de novo mutations that arise in individual infected hosts.

As we learn more about how schistosomes infect their hosts and reproduce inside them, we hope to devise new strategies for controlling these devastating parasites that infect hundreds of millions of people in the developing world.

A heartworm infected host (usually, but not necessarily, a dog) is bitten by a mosquito vector that ingests the L1 stage (also known as microfilariae) of the parasite.

In cats, the parasite's lifecycle is less complex but equally effective at infecting its host.

Once the disease is in a premises, there is a risk to other cats on premises, but the risk is considered rare since, as previously mentioned, the coronavirus is likely what infects the host, with the mutation to FIP variant occuring wthin the host.

Also, inapparent infections by iridescent viruses may involve a low density of IIV particles in infected host cells [46], so without sensitive techniques such as MSP, it is not surprising that infections in CCD bee colonies were previously missed.

DevilRobber worked by using a Mac computer's GPU card to mine for Bitcoin, while also stealing Bitcoin wallet files from infected hosts.

Superior numbers give the wild - type virus the best chance of infecting another host.

Similarly, teleost fish, such as tuna and halibut, have multiple defensive traits such as mucosal barriers and biocidal secretions that parasites must overcome in order to successfully infect the host.

Next step developing an endonuclase based anti HIV therapy that can destroy retro viral DNA in infected host cells.

For around a week at the end of March, one of the many versions of the Mirai malware was spotted delivering a Bitcoin - mining module to its infected hosts, which typically are routers, DVRs, and IP cameras.

«It's also known as witchweed because of the way it infects the host plant,» explains Hamilton, 30, a postdoctoral research associate with Rothamsted Research, the United Kingdom's largest agricultural research institution.

Combing the genetic data from a transmission study in ferrets, a team led by Thomas Friedrich, a professor of pathobiological sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, found that during transmission, when one animal is infected by another through sneezing or coughing, the process of natural selection acts strongly on hemagglutinin, the structure the virus uses to attach to and infect host cells.

The deep look into the genes of transmitted H5N1 viruses also reveals the surprising degree to which the virus can mutate and genetically diversify in each infected host, a troubling trait for a pathogen that has so far infected 637 people, killing 378.

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

Viruses sense chemical signals left behind by their forebears so they can decide whether to kill or just to infect their hosts.

His group, led by first author and Heidelberg postdoctoral fellow Mirko Cortese, also found that Zika and dengue, both flaviviruses, use similar strategies to infect host cells.

Hemozoin crystals are the byproduct of the malaria parasite, and they occur in the blood of an infected host.

«Animal viruses typically have all genome segments packaged together into a single viral particle, so only one of those particles is needed to infect a host cell,» Ladner explained.

According to their developmental cycle, endoparasites can be grouped into two types: Some, such as many tapeworms, infect their hosts directly.

These antiviral drugs bind to a surface protein, called neuraminidase, that influenza uses to infect host cells.

Another idea, «beloved of microbiologists,» Hunter said, is the Trojan horse hypothesis, in which the parasite hitches a ride across the barrier while hidden inside an infected host cell.

They also found that such single amino acid changes occurred at only seven places on its surface — all located near the receptor binding site (the area where the flu virus binds to and infects host cells).

The drugs act by blocking the translation of critical viral genetic sequences, preventing a key viral protein from being made and giving the infected host time to mount an immune response and clear the virus.

Because the flagellum is tied to a bacteria's ability to move, an understanding of the controls on the flagellar system could help researchers learn how to immobilize harmful bacteria, and to hamper the flagellum - like systems that some bacteria use to infect host cells.