Sentences with phrase «virus was present in»

On February 14, 2011 IDEXX Research Laboratories confirmed that the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus was present in two cats from the same Wisconsin home.

The team used genome sequencing to confirm that the virus was present in the samples, then began the work of using that data to trace the strain's roots and monitor its evolution.

In another paper, published yesterday in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, researchers from Brazil and the United States report that Zika virus was present in brain tissue from two newborns in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte who were born with microcephaly and died a few hours after birth.

But if the virus was present in these frozen samples, Seeff could study the 40 - year course of the disease in an instant.

The diversity of bacteria was greater in the intestinal tract of farm mice, and a certain type of virus was present in larger quantities.

It is possible that the virus was present in the red squirrel population when the grey arrived.

By analyzing genomes generated as part of the study, researchers confirmed that the Zika virus was present in affected countries well before the first confirmed cases were detected.

When the researchers expanded their search to include all the data from the Human Microbiome Project, a large - scale project to sequence the DNA of all the microbes that live in and on our bodies, they found that the same virus was present in 73 per cent of all 466 human faecal samples.

A far more sensitive test using polymerase chain reaction could prove whether the HIV virus itself was present in the vials.

It will be important to learn whether the virus is present in bats at low levels all the time or if certain environmental factors trigger periodic outbreaks that might then affect people.

«Distemper viruses are present in several marine mammal populations.

Other findings show that Zika virus is present in the blood very early during infection and remains in some tissues for a long time but is only briefly present in other tissues.

The virus is present in semen even when its levels in blood are relatively low.

In previous studies, the same group along with others had demonstrated that microRNAs (miRNAs) produced by eukaryotic cells and viruses are present in human blood in highly stable, cell - free forms and these so called circulating miRNAs can serve as non-invasive biomarkers for the early diagnosis of various diseases, including viral diseases.

Now the University of Malaya's Lam Kai Sit says he has clinched the case that bats are Nipah's reservoir: His team isolated virus from the island flying fox's urine and from fruit half - eaten by the bat — which means the virus is present in saliva.

Most horses are latently affected, which means the virus is present in the horse's system and is associated with the neurological system.

After infection, the Zika virus is present in blood and saliva for up to about two weeks, but it remains in bodily fluids like breast milk for weeks and semen for months.

«It's very important to know what viruses are present in a person without causing a problem and what viruses could be responsible for serious illnesses that need medical attention,» said Storch, the Ruth L. Siteman Professor of Pediatrics.

We know that infectious virus is present in semen for a number of months.

During my postdoctoral study I asked not only what viruses were present in Central Pacific corals, but also how these consortia of viruses changed during coral exposure to environmental stressors.

It is also important to note that the rabies virus is present in the saliva only during the final stages of infection, about the time symptoms appear.

Another 30 percent develop a transient infection — the virus is present in their blood and saliva for less than 12 weeks, after which they are cured and aren't contagious to other cats.

Therefore, for up to two years, the test may be negative even though the virus is present in the cat.

By the sixth to ninth day, the virus is present in the blood.

When a bitch is shedding, the virus is present in her vaginal secretions.

In contrast to FIV, the FeLV ELISA does not detect antibodies, but whether the antigen of the virus is present in the blood.

Kittens can also be infected through the virus being present in the mother cat's milk.

The virus is present in the saliva of infected cats and it is primarily passed through cat bites.

We know the H3N2 influenza virus is present in the Franklin County, Louisburg, and Wake Forest areas as there have been confirmed flu cases diagnosed and reported in Raleigh.

If this virus is present in the community, then be careful about exposing your dog to events or facilities with other dogs.

Not exact matches

The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation announced yesterday that it was presenting its prestigious 2017 Lasker - DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award to a pair of National Cancer Institute researchers, Douglas Lowy and John Schiller, who created a vaccine to prevent human papilloma virus, or HPV, from taking hold in the body.

But Zika is just one Caribbean mosquito virus present in the Caribbean and in other parts of the world.

One of these, IgA, which is present in highest amounts in the first few days of life, contains many antibodies against viruses, bacteria and other disease - causing organisms.

Leukocytes are also present in large numbers; these begin protecting the infant from harmful viruses and bacteria.

The Aedes aegyptimosquito that is the primary vector of Zika virus infections is present in the southeast portion of the country, including Florida, though in winter the mosquito populations are low.

«West Nile virus has been present in the Hudson Valley for many years, so this season's first positive should remind residents to protect themselves and their families by removing standing water around their homes every week and by using repellents daily when spending significant time outdoors,» said County Executive Rob Astorino.

«The sole reason for my decision is my concerns about the possible transmission of the Zika virus and the potential risks that it may present to my wife's future pregnancies and to future members of our family,» Day said in a statement.

Of the genetically diverse population of HIV - 1 viruses present in an infected pregnant woman, the few she might transmit to her child during delivery are resistant to attack by antibodies in her blood, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens by Amit Kumar of Duke University Medical Centre, North Carolina, and colleagues.

It follows the discovery that the virus can be present in semen for at least six months — around three times longer than previously thought.

Both drift and shift make these proteins unrecognizable to the antibodies present in people that were previously inoculated against the flu virus, which now circulates as more than 90 strains.

The discovery answers important questions about how the virus spreads and provides a potential roadmap for the development of antiviral drugs to combat both that virus and the more common Epstein - Barr virus, which is present in more than 90 percent of the adult population and is believed to have a nearly identical structure.

Perhaps their most surprising and troubling discovery was that mutations present in only about 6 percent of the viruses infecting one ferret could be transmitted to another.

M2e is only slightly present on the virus, but in the lung epithelium cells where the virus ends up and starts multiplying, in the invaded cells, M2e becomes abundant.

The researchers conclude «The correlation between lineage specific adaptations and ability to restrict viruses endemic to the same hosts supports the hypothesis that lentiviruses closely related to modern SIVs were present in Africa and infecting the ancestors of cercopithecine primates as far back as 16 million years ago, and provides insight into the evolution of TRIM5 specificity.»

Stahelin and co-investigator Smita Soni, a postdoctoral researcher at the Indiana University School of Medicine, found that VP40 is able to assemble in vitro (i.e., in a test tube), without any human cells present and mediate formation of virus - like particles when the human lipid phosphatidylserine is found in solution with VP40, but not other control lipids.

Around 20 per cent of girls from ethnic minority backgrounds are not being vaccinated against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) because they feel they don't need to have it, according to a Cancer Research UK survey presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool.

The new findings also showed that activation of the AIM2 inflammasome by the DNA virus cytomegalovirus does not involve IRF1, suggesting that the DNA of the invading microbes is presented to the cell in different ways.

Chimeric Ig - peptide was presented 100 to 1000 times more efficiently than free synthetic peptide and was able to prime virus - specific T cells in vivo.

• Zika RNA cleared from blood plasma and urine within 10 days, but viral RNA was detectable in saliva and seminal fluids until at least three weeks after Zika virus was no longer present in the blood.

These antibodies protect against certain strains of influenza virus in the vaccine, but may not provide thorough protection against other strains of flu that may be present.