Sentences with phrase «virulent human virus»

Other primate immunodeficiency viruses, such as SIV and HIV - 2, the rarer and less virulent human virus, do not need their host's cyclophilin A to replicate.

Not exact matches

One concern is that turkeys may become co-infected with the pandemic virus and other strains, leading to a new, more virulent virus that infects humans, but Butler said that this had never been observed to date.

If we had an unfolding pandemic that ratcheted up a couple of notches so that the virus went through a mutational cycle and became more virulent without sacrificing its apparently extraordinary ability to transmit between humans, then very quickly distributors in the United States would discover that our N - 95 masks, syringes, latex gloves, and protective gear for first responders are all made overseas.

Since at least 2005, researchers have been deliberately creating influenza viruses that are both highly virulent (killing several percent or more of those infected) and spread easily among humans.

Although the virus doesn't seem to pose a health threat at the moment, it could eventually become more virulent and ignite a human outbreak, Vandamme says.

Avian flu has a very low virulence, but the danger is that it could combine with a highly virulent human flu virus or mutate into a virus with a higher R number.

The evolution of new respiratory viruses, and the re-emergence of historic virulent strains, poses a significant threat to human health.

Of the two human immunodeficiency viruses HIV - 1 and HlV - 2, most attention has focused on HIV - 1, which is by far the more common and virulent.