Sentences with phrase «virus spreading from person to person»

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Though the virus rarely kills people, it is «so contagious and causes such violent illness to further spread its progeny that is virtually impossible to eliminate... from a crowded human environment,» writes Garrett.

It is primarily transmitted by tropical mosquitoes — the same kind known for spreading dengue — that pick up the virus from infected people, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The deadly Ebola virus spread throughout West Africa from 2014 to 2016, killing more than 11,000 people and drawing numerous aid workers and medical professionals to the continent.

«If some of these islands lose their capacity to do mosquito control, and the destruction from the storms creates opportunities for larger mosquito transmission,» Weaver said, we might see an uptick of the mosquito - borne diseases that circulate there, like dengue (which could spread beyond the Caribbean's borders as people travel to and from the islands, carrying the viruses with them).

He also spends more time indoors during cold weather, and close quarters mean viruses can spread more easily from one person to another.

It can spread directly from person to person or in food or water that has been contaminated with stool that has the virus.

Hepatitis B is caused by a Hepatitis B virus and it can spread from person to person via body fluids such as blood, semen and vaginal fluid.

The influenza virus is spread from person - to - person via respiratory droplets or touching.

Colds are especially common in fall and winter, when babies spend more time indoors — an environment in which viruses can spread more easily from person to person.

This is an easy way to spread viruses and germs from one person to another.

The party further advised the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to ensure that the rally slated for Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Saturday, is cancelled, because of the spread of the Ebola virus to the city and the fact that 100 people have been placed under surveillance there, following the death of a doctor from a suspected Ebola disease.

Individuals can stay healthy during flu season by frequently washing hands to avoid spreading viruses from one person to another.

Both groups believe that while the virus probably originated in a mouse, it can now spread from person to person, though there are no clues yet as to how.

This is by far the most extensive person - to - person spread that we've seen from a swine - origin virus.

Previous cases have mostly been scattered, the pattern shown by a virus that occasionally jumps from animals to people rather than spreading among people.

Diarrhea is often — but not always — infectious, meaning that it is thought to be caused by a microbe such as a virus, bacterium or parasite that can spread from person to person.

Dr. Butler - Jones: Certainly, two things about that I guess, firstly as it's been said, we do see from time to time and this is something that people would not know that in fact human viruses can be spread to pig.

If these results are consistent with naturally occurring flu infection, it suggests that while high HA antibody levels may limit viral shedding, and thus the spread of virus from person to person, these levels may not prevent the development of flu symptoms.

For the first time, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers were able to predict further adaptations of the chikungunya virus that recently spread from Africa to several continents that will likely result in even more efficient transmission and infection of more people by this virus strain.

Pandemic flu occurs when flu strains from different species — birds and humans, or humans and pigs — genetically mix to make a new virus that spreads faster and makes people sicker than either strain alone.

ABOUT THAT LIGHT Another reason for caution in lighting up the night comes from a study of house sparrow difficulties in fighting off West Nile virus, which mosquitoes biting the birds can then spread to people.

When norovirus infects humans it breeds in the intestine, and researchers predicted that the virus spreads by transferring from asymptomatic people to infants and the elderly.

The U.S. government has lifted a temporary ban on research attempting to develop an animal model for the MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) virus, a deadly coronavirus spreading from camels to people in the Middle East.

Although these viruses do not normally infect humans, over time they can adapt to humans and gain the ability to spread more easily from person to person, underscoring the importance of finding out which mutations could enhance the ability of these viruses to infect humans.

Scientists know the virus has a limited ability to spread from person to person, but they aren't sure about the path it took to reach its first human victims.

About 90 % of these infected people live in the Russian Federation and the Ukraine, and injecting drug users remain the predominant risk group, but the virus increasingly is spreading from them to their sexual partners.

The Ebola virus is transmitted to people from its reservoir host and spreads in the human population through human - to - human transmission.

Yet the first genetic analysis of how well this virus transmits from person to person concludes that it spreads barely well enough to keep itself going.

The potential severity of Ebola virus disease, coupled with the absence of effective prevention or treatment, generates interest in determining whether there are host factors that protect people from, or increase their susceptibility to, contracting or spreading the infection.

The virus can spread from person to person, through direct contact with blood or other secretions.

A new analysis of previous data shows that in low - humidity conditions, the influenza virus is more likely survive, possibly giving it a better shot at spreading from person to person and making us miserable.

A new analysis of previous data shows that in low - humidity conditions, the influenza virus is more likely survive, possibly giving it a better shot at spreading from person to person and making its way to you.

«We urgently need a safe and effective vaccine to protect people from Zika virus infection as the virus continues to spread,» said Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in a statement announcing the study.

Canine influenza A H3N2, similar to the H3N8 strain, is a highly contagious virus and is spread from dog to dog by inhalation, much the same way influenza is spread among people.

Clinical signs of both strains of CIV in dogs include coughing, fever, lethargy and interstitial pneumonia, 3 and can be spread by direct contact with respiratory discharge from infected dogs, through the air via a cough or sneeze and by contact with contaminated objects, such as dog bowls and clothing or by people moving between infected and uninfected dogs.2 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes there is no evidence of transmission of the virus from dogs to people.

This virus is spreading from person - to - person worldwide, probably in much the same way that regular seasonal influenza viruses spread.

Stomach flu viruses can also spread from toilets where sick people vomited, according to a 1989 study looking into an outbreak on a cruise ship.