Sentences with phrase «zoonotic viruses»

In recent years, a number of other zoonotic viruses from companion animals have emerged.

Spillover and pandemic properties of zoonotic viruses with high host plasticity.

In particular, the emergence of zoonotic viruses — those that jump to humans from animals, such as SARS or Ebola — is a concern, says Bruno Lina, director of the VirPath virology lab in Lyon, France.

Janies argues a new approach is needed in how we study and monitor widespread zoonotic viruses like influenza that frequently cross species and geographic boundaries.

These zoonotic viruses cause significant loss in life, create panic and disrupt the economics of an entire region,» said Dr. Peter Daszak, Disease Ecologist and President of EcoHealth Alliance.

This zoonotic virus is almost 100 % fatal in anyone who contracts it — dog, cat, fox, rodent or human; usually spread through the bite or scratch of an infected mammal.

Not exact matches

The international collaboration will survey viruses harbored by birds and mammals to identify candidates that might be zoonotic, or able to jump to humans.

And it remains far from clear that bats are the hosts of the deadly zoonotic disease since two similar surveys of thousands of animals, including bats, at sites where human outbreaks occurred in the past failed to turn up any sign of Ebola virus.

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV - 1), the cause of human acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), is a zoonotic infection of staggering proportions and social impact.

The virus, a member of the virus family Arenaviridae, is a single - stranded RNA virus and is zoonotic, or animal - borne.

These findings come from a new study published in the journal eLife titled «Updates to the zoonotic niche map of Ebola virus disease.»

Human, avian, and classical swine lineage viruses are co-circulating in North American swine populations, generating novel reassortants and leading to hundreds of zoonotic infections (e.g., H3N2v).

IRTA has also developed multiple animal and / or arthropod models to work with zoonotic pathogens such as avian and swine influenza, RVFV, MERS - coronavirus, West Nile virus and chikungunya virus.

There are currently more than 200 zoonotic diseases caused by viruses, parasites, bacteria, and fungi that are directly or indirectly transferred by animals to humans.

Flavivirus is an emerging and re-emerging zoonotic pathogen and BYD virus that causes severe egg - drop, could be disastrous for the duck industry.

Although most pig and bird forms of influenza are not dangerous to humans, occasionally a virus mutates into a zoonotic form (able to be transmitted from animals to people.)

Transmitted to humans via a bite from an infected animal — dog, cats or exotics — the zoonotic rabies virus can cause fever, vomiting, depression, agitation, painful spasms, and hallucination.

A zoonotic disease is a disease that can be passed between animals and humans and can be caused by viruses, parasites or bacteria.

Zoonotic agents are things that can transmit disease from animals to humans, whether viruses, parasites, or insects.

The virus is transmissible between from living animals to people, so it is considered a «zoonotic disease.»

The reason this law is set in place is that the rabies virus is a zoonotic disease, meaning that it can be transmitted between animals and people.

With Ebola so prevalent in the news, we know that it can be a scary thought that viruses can transfer between species (this is called zoonotic).

Generally it is wise to protect our dogs against fatal diseases, particularly if they are zoonotic (able to be passed from our pets to human) like the rabies virus.

A potential risk is identified, since the bats, recognized as «mixing pot» for viruses, some of which are zoonotic, settle close to cities and are also hunted.

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Casual, non-aggressive contact does not spread the virus, and it is not zoonotic, which means it can not be spread from cat to humans.

The threat of zoonotic disease and a pandemic would be another example - what may start off as the legal or illegal trade in domestic or wild animal parts or products in unsanitary and crowded conditions somewhere in Asia, may eventually spawn the virus that wipes out hundreds (as H5N1 has) or millions (as HIV / AIDS) of humans.