Sentences with phrase «transmitted by these parasites»

These medical problems range from anemia due to blood loss from bites; severe skin irritation from allergic reactions to fleas; and various diseases that are transmitted by these parasites.

All are bacterial infections transmitted by parasites.

Not exact matches

So, any pathogen and parasite that can be transmitted by a mosquito has to make it through a lot of barriers.

University of New Hampshire scientists have discovered a previously undiagnosed parasite transmitted by ticks and a virus in the Canada lynx.

Leishmaniasis — a disease caused by microscopic parasites, like malaria, and transmitted by sand flies — results in painful skin sores and in its most vicious form causes at least 500,000 deaths worldwide 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.

G.W.'s Davis is part of a project researching the disease schistosomiasis (a.k.a. snail fever or swimmer's itch), a blood parasite transmitted to humans by snails; people can get it by swimming or wading in contaminated fresh water when infected snails release larvae that can penetrate the skin.

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.

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

Sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis, is caused by trypanosome parasites transmitted by tsetse flies and threatens millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa.

Transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes, the Plasmodium falciparum parasite infects hundreds of millions of people every year and may kill more than a million.

Sleeping sickness, caused by two subspecies of the Trypanosoma brucei unicellular parasite and transmitted by tsetse flies, affects an estimated 50,000 to 70,000 people annually in Africa.

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.

Schistosomiasis is transmitted via flatworms shed by the freshwater snails that serve as the parasite's non-human host.

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

Toxoplasma is a common parasite transmitted by cats and found in raw meat.

Sandflies transmit the parasite by feeding on an infected mammal and, if they survive long enough, feeding on another mammal, and passing the parasite on to them.

Caused by a mosquito - transmitted parasite, malaria kills over half a million people each year — most of them young children.

Behavioural mechanisms underlying «specific» host manipulation by a trophically transmitted parasite.

The parasite is transmitted by a single species of introduced mosquito (Culex quinquefasciatus) in wet forests of Hawaii.

The study, led by Penn State University scientists, assessed the infection dynamics of two species of soil - transmitted parasites in a population of rabbits in Scotland every month for 23 years.

For some to recover requires treating Lyme, other infections transmitted by a tick like bartonella, babesia, ehrlichia, and anaplasma, parasites, yeast, and chronic viral infections.

Malaria is caused by a parasite and transmitted to humans by mosquitoes.

Pregnant mothers should be careful when handling your kitty's poop as toxoplasmosis is caused by a protozoan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, and transmitted via faeces.

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

This ends infestations, prevents future ones, and helps keep your dog from contracting diseases and parasites, like tapeworms, transmitted by flea bites.

This parasite is transmitted by multiple species of mosquitoes in a larval stage and is a prevalent disease found throughout the world.

Caused by infestation of the parasite Dirofilaria immitis, heartworms are transmitted by mosquitoes and can affect any dog anywhere in the US.

Heartworms hide on the inside of your puppy and are an insidious parasite transmitted by mosquitoes that can cause heart and lung damage and ultimately kill your pet.

This parasite is spread by mosquitoes, so can be transmitted to any dog, even one that rarely goes outside.

Heartworm is a parasite that is transmitted as larvae in blood to dogs by mosquitoes.

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

Heartworms (Dirofilaria immitis) are nematode parasites which are transmitted by mosquitoes.

These nasty organisms are transmitted when a form of the parasite called the cyst is shed in one animal's stool and consumed by another dog or cat.

Heartworms are blood parasites that are transmitted by mosquito bites.

The heartworm is one of the only mammal - dwelling parasites to be transmitted exclusively by mosquitoes.

Other tick - borne diseases Hepatozoon Canis (rare on cats) is a one - celled parasite transmitted by the Brown Dog Tick.

Heartworm in dogs is a serious condition caused by an internal parasite that's transmitted by mosquitoes.

According to IDEXX, this is the «only test that allows you to efficiently test for heartworm disease and tick - transmitted pathogens, as recommended by the Companion Animal Parasite Council.

The parasite is transmitted by mosquitoes and is not directly contagious between dogs.

Heartworm disease is caused by a parasite which is transmitted to dogs and cats by mosquitos.

Another type of parasite, called a heartworm, is transmitted by mosquitoes.

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

We have all heard of the yearly hurricane forecasts made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, now the Companion Animal Parasite Council is predicting that in 2016 the spread of vector - borne disease agents transmitted by ticks and mosquitoes will continue to promulgate and create a year - round menace to both pets and pet owners.

Heartworm testing - A deadly parasite can be transmitted by a single mosquito bite.

These infectious diseases can be caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi or parasites transmitted through physical injuries, direct contact, environmental contamination, ingestion of contaminated food or water, or arthropod vectors.

Heartworm is a microfilarial disease, which means it's a blood parasite and it's transmitted by mosquitoes and there's some people around here that think we actually don't have mosquitoes but we do have mosquitoes and they can transmit this really awful disease called heartworm.

These parasites are transmitted by fecal to oral contamination from infested dogs.

Dirofilaria repens is a zoonotic filarial nematode parasite of dogs, cats and wild carnivores transmitted by mosquitoes (Pampiglione et al., 1995).