Sentences with phrase «transmission during the outbreak»

Genetic similarity across the sequenced 2014 samples suggests a single transmission from the natural reservoir, followed by human - to - human transmission during the outbreak.

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Following recent outbreaks of Zika virus and the potential health dangers of infection, especially during pregnancy, scientists are striving to rapidly develop effective antiviral drugs that can halt transmission.

Although the risk of sexual transmission has been well publicized during the current outbreak, few scientists have reported success in isolating Zika virus from the semen of infected males, said Atkinson.

Thus, there is limited knowledge about the extent and mechanisms of transmission during the current outbreak in the Americas and even less about how the virus is circulating in Asia.

Gloves are also critical in instances when hand hygiene may be insufficient to prevent transmission via hands (e.g., during Clostridium difficile or norovirus outbreaks).

For the paper, «Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Nigeria, July - September, 2014,» published today in Eurosurveillance, researchers used epidemic modeling to project the size of the outbreak in Nigeria if control interventions had been implemented during various time periods after the initial case and estimated how many cases had thus been prevented by early initiation of interventions.

Previous research led by Vazquez - Prokopec showed that contact tracing of human cases of dengue fever, combined with indoor residual spraying for Aedes mosquitoes in homes, provided a significant reduction in the transmission of dengue during an outbreak.

«Our main goal, as the premier genomics laboratory of the Department of Defense, was to advise policymakers, the medical community, and those involved in the development of pharmaceuticals on the effects viral evolution might have on medical countermeasures as a consequence of the sustained human - to - human transmission during the Ebola outbreak in western Africa,» Palacios said.

Two, refrain from sex during the outbreak of the virus and lastly, use suppressive drugs such as Valtrex to avoid the chances of transmission.