The movement of millions of people, monitored through their cellphones, has shed new light on how malaria is transmitted
via human hosts in Kenya.
Not exact matches
«We do not know if the virus entered the
human population directly from swine or
via an intermediate
host,» said Cox.
To be sure, there are many extremely successful parasites that are not lethal, such as the herpes virus, which stays with its
host forever and is passed from cold sore to cold sore or
via the genitals so long as the
host makes contact with other
human beings.
Stenseth's team believe the 15 - year time lag between such crashes and the introduction of new plague - ridden fleas to Europe comprised three stages: a couple of years finding new
hosts and coming into contact with
humans, around 10 years travelling westward along trade routes such as the Silk Road, and finally the plague's reintroduction to Europe
via marine trading harbours.
Infection with the factor CagA, which is translocated into
host cells
via the gastric bacterium Helicobacter pylori can cause chronic inflammation and is a major risk factor for gastric adenocarcinoma in
humans.
Interaction between the
human host and its's microbiome is mediated
via several axes of communication including the immune system, signalling and direct metabolic cross-talk that physiologically connect the gut with the brain, muscle and liver.