Sentences with phrase «typhus on»

A 2005 investigation of an outbreak of six cases of flea - borne typhus on one block in Pasadena found that three out of four households representing four out of six cases had indoor / outdoor cats, and reported the presence of opossums.

Not exact matches

A lice - borne typhus epidemic swept westward from Russia in the early 20th century, and by World War II, German troops in trenches on the Eastern Front were falling fast to the disease.
Research published on August 7th in PLOS Pathogens comparing the two pathogens reveals how S. Typhi avoids recognition and elimination by patrolling immune cells called neutrophils, allowing it to disseminate throughout the patient's body.
Bring back DDT, they demand, and let it be sprayed on the inner walls of houses, where it would kill vectors of malaria and other insect - borne diseases like dengue and typhus.
A recent study from the Thai - Myanmar border highlights the severe and previously under - reported adverse impact of readily treatable tropical rickettsial illnesses, notably scrub typhus and murine typhus, on pregnancy outcomes, finding that more than one third of affected pregnancies resulted either in stillbirth or premature and / or low birth weight babies.
Importance: Studies investigating Salmonella pathogenesis typically rely on Salmonella Typhimurium, even though Salmonella Typhi causes the more severe disease in humans.
For this reason, public health officials in Texas, where flea - borne typhus is endemic, have focused their efforts on controlling fleas rather than their hosts.
Although infected fleas may hitch a ride on feral cats, the chance of becoming infected with flea - borne typhus via a feral cat is extremely low.
Flea - borne typhus is another infectious disease sometimes erroneously blamed on feral cats.
False Statement: «Science Shows Feral Cat Colonies Pose No Disease Risk to Humans — The health risks that catch and kill advocates most often blame on cats are intestinal parasites, rabies, flea - borne typhus, and toxoplasmosis.
A few follow - up items related to my past couple of posts: the first sheds some additional light on the Santa Ana typhus scare, while the second provides a little historical context to The Sacramento Bee's recent reporting on Wildlife Services..
In Texas, where outbreaks of flea - born typhus also occur, officials have found that fleas on pet dogs rather than on cats are more likely to harbor the infection.
«In an effort to combat a potential typhus outbreak,» reports today's Los Angeles Times, «city officials zeroed in on two schools in [a] densely packed [Santa Ana] neighborhood and set a dozen traps to catch feral cats and other animals that might carry disease - bearing fleas.»
DDT, a chemical pesticide synthesized by Müller in the late 1930s, was initially used against houseflies, beetles, various farm pests, and typhus - carrying lice on the bodies of World War II soldiers and civilians.
Recent assessments conducted on the impacts of climate change on health in Australia, highlight the potential for the onset of and increases in vector - borne, water - borne and food - borne diseases such as: malaria, dengue fever, Murray Valley encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, melioidosis, leptospirosis and scrub typhus.
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