Sentences with phrase «viruses in healthy people»

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The researchers tested samples of brain cells from people with MS and healthy control subjects and found evidence of the virus in the olfactory bulb in both groups.

Some researchers fear that the combined pill's use in healthy people might have unacceptable side effects and spark the emergence of resistant viruses

Alter, who had discovered the hepatitis C virus in the 1970s, provided Lo with blood that had been donated to local blood banks by presumably healthy people.

To model the virus's spread in people, they housed ferrets inoculated with the reassortants in cages adjacent to healthy ferrets so the animals could pass on virus through the air.

According to retroviral immunologist Judy Mikovits of the Whittemore Peterson Institute (WPI) in Reno, Nevada, xenotropic murine leukemia virus — related virus, or XMRV, was present in 68 out of 101 people with chronic fatigue syndrome, compared with only 8 of 218 healthy controls.

But the drug combines low doses of two antiretroviral agents normally used to treat infection, and some researchers fear that its use in healthy people could have unacceptable side effects and spark the emergence of resistant viruses.

The study, which was held up in publication because it conflicts with another pending study by U.S. government scientists, failed to find xenotropic murine leukemia virus - related virus (XMRV) in blood samples from 51 CFS patients and 56 healthy people.

By enabling people unaware of their HIV infection to get tested, get engaged in care, and take antiretroviral therapy, HIV - positive people have a better chance of living longer, healthier lives and greatly reducing their chance of passing the virus on to their sex partners.

Another problem is that all people normally carry latent viruses, which a healthy, functioning immune system usually keeps in check.

An experimental vaccine against Ebola virus seems to be safe and commands a strong immune response against the virus, according to tests in 20 healthy people in the United States.

Given that adipose tissue (which makes up between 15 and 20 % of the body weight in healthy people) is a source of inflammation in obese individuals, Christine Bourgeois and Olivier Lambotte, from the University Paris SUD, France, and colleagues, decided to investigate a possible role of the adipose tissue in humans infected with HIV and in macaques infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV, an HIV relative that causes AIDS - like disease in some non-human primates).

The scientists demonstrated that B cells from healthy people also squirt out DNA in response to the distinctive molecular patterns that occur in many bacteria and viruses.

This cripples the immune system, making the patient vulnerable to common bacteria, viruses and other pathogens that are usually harmless in people with healthy immune systems.

Any difference in the mouth microbiomes of people with HIV and those without the virus could give scientists clues about how a healthy population of oral microbes might help keep Candida in check, says medical mycologist Mahmoud Ghannoum of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

In the early 1980s, scientists found that patients suffering from schizophrenia and manic depression were up to 10 times more likely to have antibodies to the virus than healthy people, suggesting that infection might contribute to those diseases.

When the dengue virus is transmitted to a healthy person, the change in the temperature of the host — from 28 degree Celsius in a mosquito to 37 degree Celsius in a human body — causes the virus to swell by 20 per cent.

By inoculating healthy people with a manufactured clone of this part - a sugary «glycoprotein» called «gp120» - antibodies are supposed to be primed to protect in the event that sex, blood or drug misuse causes the virus to later intrude.

XMRV, a xenotropic murine leukemia virus (MuLV)- related virus, was recently identified by PCR testing in 67 % of persons with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and in 3.7 % of healthy persons from the United States.

In October 2009, Lombardi et al. reported finding a gammaretrovirus called xenotropic murine leukemia virus - related virus (XMRV) in peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) DNA from about 67 % (68/101) of CFS patients compared to only 3.6 % (5/218) of healthy persons using PCR testing [11In October 2009, Lombardi et al. reported finding a gammaretrovirus called xenotropic murine leukemia virus - related virus (XMRV) in peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) DNA from about 67 % (68/101) of CFS patients compared to only 3.6 % (5/218) of healthy persons using PCR testing [11in peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) DNA from about 67 % (68/101) of CFS patients compared to only 3.6 % (5/218) of healthy persons using PCR testing [11].

But today's treatments help lower the amount of virus in the blood so people who are HIV - positive can live healthier lives.

Today's treatments help lower the amount of virus in the blood so people who are HIV - positive can live healthier lives.

Chronic virus infections occur in healthy people too.

In a study of overweight but otherwise healthy people, those with loneliness showed higher levels of inflammation when faced with stressful activities; another set of subjects experienced more inflammation, pain, depression and fatigue than normal, plus a reactivation of dormant viruses in the bodIn a study of overweight but otherwise healthy people, those with loneliness showed higher levels of inflammation when faced with stressful activities; another set of subjects experienced more inflammation, pain, depression and fatigue than normal, plus a reactivation of dormant viruses in the bodin the body.

They can easily be found in the sores that the viruses cause, but oftentimes the sores aren't visible so people who are infected appear to be healthy.

In addition to a physical examination, the vet will likely conduct a fecal parasite check to make sure your bird has no intestinal parasites; an examination of urine and feces to be sure there are no indications of gastrointestinal or renal health problems; gram stains to detect any gram - negative bacteria and yeast, a common cause of bird illness that is treatable; a complete blood count to ensure healthy blood levels and verify the absence of blood parasites; Chlamydia testing to assess if your bird is a carrier of three common infectious diseases (psittacosis, ornithosis and parrot fever) which can spread to other birds and to people and is also treatable; and psittacine beak and feather disease, a virus that can affect birds at any stage of their lives, affects many organ systems, and usually reduces the bird's life span.

According to a report published in the February issue of the public health journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, seemingly healthy pets can carry parasites, bacteria or viruses that cause mild to life - threatening illness in people.

Neither virus causes fatalities in healthy people, but there are several other arboviral infections (various encephalitis viruses, yellow fever, west Nile fever and Rift Valley fever) carried by the insect as well as a dog roundworm that also infects wild animals and cats.