Sentences with phrase «transmitted by the bites»

Previous studies have demonstrated that rabies, a fatal disease transmitted by the bite or scratch from an infected animal, still kills approximately 60,000 people every year.

Leishmaniasis is caused by the protozoan leishmania parasites, which are transmitted by the bite of infected female phlebotomine sandflies — flies that are three times smaller than a mosquito.

Malaria parasites are transmitted by the bite of female Anopheles mosquitoes.

An estimated 220 million people are infected each year by malaria - causing Plasmodium parasites, which are transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito.

«Previous research has demonstrated transfer of cancer cells between individuals in dogs (where it is transmitted by sex) and in Tasmanian Devils (where it's transmitted by biting).

Pregnant women have the same risk as the rest of the population of being infected with Zika virus, which is transmitted by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes.

Lyme disease is transmitted by a bite from an Ixodes tick infected with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi.

Heartworm disease is a potentially fatal condition transmitted by the bite of a mosquito that is carrying larvae of the heartworm parasite.

Lyme disease - Transmitted by the bite of ticks.

FIV can be transmitted by a bite or scratch from an infected cat and FeLV can be transmitted by sharing food and water bowls or even a litter box with an infected cat.

Rabies is usually transmitted by bite wounds, often from infected wildlife, which represent the largest reservoir of the disease in the United States.

Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) is transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito, advises the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

Heartworms are carried by mosquitoes and transmitted by a bite from an infected mosquito.

It is most often transmitted by a bite from cats fighting.

Heartworm disease is a potentially fatal condition transmitted by the bite of a mosquito that is carrying infected larvae of the heartworm parasite.

Heartworms are transmitted by the bite of a mosquito.

Heartworms are transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito.

The disease is usually transmitted by the bite of an infected animal.

This disease is also infectious and is typically transmitted by bite wounds.

Heartworm is a blood parasite that is transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitos.

It is transmitted by biting insects such as mosquitoes & fleas or close contact with wild rabbits.

One such mill rescue had an especially high number of dogs with heartworms — a potentially deadly parasite that can be easily transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito.

They're usually transmitted by a bite from an insect that's carrying the parasite.

It is transmitted by bites or saliva from infected animals.

It is transmitted by a bite or saliva from a rabid animal.

In Oregon, the causative organism, Borrelia burgdorferi, is transmitted by the bite of a small brown - black tick, Ixodes pacificus, known as the Western black - legged tick or deer tick.

Rabies is transmitted by bite wounds and since there is no effective treatment for either animals or humans, it is important to consider this simple prevention.

Transmitted by the bite of a single mosquito, heartworms invade your dog's cardiovascular and respiratory systems.

Within a wide range of temperature, the warmer the ambient temperature, the shorter the incubation period from the time the mosquito imbibes the infective blood until the mosquito is able to transmit by bite.

Malaria, the most important vector - borne disease globally, is transmitted by the bites of infected Anopheles mosquitoes, which prefer clean, standing, or slowly moving fresh water.

Not exact matches

: poisonous matter normally secreted by some animals (as snakes, scorpions, or bees) and transmitted to prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging; broadly: material that is poisonous

The number of people who get diseases transmitted by mosquito, tick and flea bites has more than tripled in the United States in recent years, federal health officials reported.

WASHINGTON - A recently - released report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the number of people getting diseases transmitted by mosquito, tick and flea bites has more than tripled in the United States between 2004 and... [Read more...]

West Nile is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes that have bitten infected birds.

It can be readily transmitted by air, insect bites or through contaminated food or water.

A new study led by Colorado State University researchers found that Aedes aegypti, the primary mosquito that carries Zika virus, might also transmit chikungunya and dengue viruses with one bite.

It's very unlikely that she was infected by a bite by a mosquito that first bit her husband; the three tropical Aedes mosquito species known to transmit Zika don't live in northern Colorado, and moreover, the virus has to complete a 2 - week life cycle within the insect before it can infect the next human; Foy's wife fell ill just 9 days after his return.

So, if Alice measures the black hole's spin before and after dropping the qubit, the change in the spin is analogous to a bit of classical information transmitted by Bob from within the black hole to Alice outside.

Most are bubonic plague, transmitted from rats to humans by the bite of a flea.

Twice as many teenagers in this group believe HIV can be transmitted by mosquito bites or picked up from toilet seats.

First, after a person is bitten by a parasite - carrying mosquito there is an initial infection in the liver, followed by the long - lasting red blood cell stage where the clinical symptoms of the malaria disease occur, and finally the mosquito stage, which is required to transmit the parasites to other people.

In addition to transmission by the bite of an infected mosquito, the structural stability of the virus makes it more resilient, which likely explains its special ability to transmit through sexual contact.

When a human is bitten by a rabid dog, they may become infected, but as the disease can not transmit from human - to - human, the disease hits a dead end.

But since 2015 Zika has ricocheted to more than 40 countries, transmitted by mosquito bite or human sexual contact.

But other species that transmit B. burgdorferi to ticks less efficiently might also spread the disease if they are more numerous or if they are bitten by a large number of ticks.

Now a team led by Saikat Guha at Raytheon BBN Technologies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, say they can transmit 10 bits on a single photon — a 1000-fold improvement.

Within two days, patients are cured of the disease and no longer transmit the parasite if they are bitten again by a mosquito.

Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites that are transmitted to humans by a mosquito bite, leading to 219 million documented cases and 627,000 deaths worldwide in 2012.

Carried by infected Aedes aegypti mosquitos, Zika is largely transmitted through bites, but can also occur through intrauterine infection or sexual transmission.

The disease is mainly transmitted from the bite of infected fleas carried by rodents.