Last week, the first human case of H7n9 flu was detected in Jilin province in the far north of the country, raising a further risk of spread to North korea and Russia,
and there is no evidence of any continued human-to-human spread. But the virus is being sustained in unknown reservoirs in the poultry supply chain, making future outbreaks likely,
One year on from the first outbreak, researchers are still struggling to understand the origins and dynamics of the virus s reservoirs and spread.
The majority of EMTS and paramedics wouldnã¢Â#Â#t know to thoroughly swab for DNA before they get to work ensuring infection doesnã¢Â#Â#t spread from the gaping scalp lacerations on a 16 year
The workers of the moon eventually come back home to earth and spread across the earth these new bacteria.
#Google street view Can Help Scientists Monitor Invasive Speciesgoogle Street view could help monitor the spread of invasive species without resorting to labor
Thanks to storms this spread far enough to affect the flock of sheep and killed over 6000.
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and from there may spread to crops as fertilizer get carried around by birds and eventually make it to people.
In my opinion it's important to have numerous copies of unmodifiable works of literature spread across the world in different languages.
There's no known treatment for sick trees nor any pesticide that is able to kill sufficient numbers of the illness'carrier an insect called the Asian citrus psyllid to totally prevent the disease's spread.
and prevent the spread of bad bacteria. The Moko-Panama disease treatment system is administered by first injecting the affected plants and surrounding plants with a proprietary clay mineral extract.
and prevent the spread of infection. This way if the farmer does need to chop down several banana trees he only needs to get rid of the dead ones.
The instructions for the virus'spread never exist not even in the factory. There's still plenty of testing to do before the newly created virus shell can be used as a vaccine however.
when news first spread about the leaders'decision Tony de Brum foreign minister of the Republic of the Marshall islands said in a statement that he was shocked
The virus is incredibly unlikely to spread to humans and pork is still safe to eat
A rising deer population may also explain the tick s spread as they are also big carriers of the parasites.
#MERS Virus May be Able To Spread Through The Air Research strongly suggests that camels carry Middle east Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) a viral illness that has sickened nearly 700
Until now it was thought that MERS could only be spread via close contact but a new finding may challenge that assessment:
The finding implies that virus could possibly be spread in enclosed spaces such as hospitals and therefore further studies are needed urgently the scientists wrote.
Genes that help wild plants survive might spread whereas those that say boost Vitamin a content might remain at low levels
Officials are now in a race against time to quell the spread of the beetle which can destroy palm tree date palm sugarcane and banana tree populations.
As a result the beetles spread to most areas of the island and now the invasive population is controlled through community efforts.
Worse he says the disease's rapid spread endangers banana crops beyond Mozambique s borders.
On multiple plots in the Mozambique farms plants were sharing water drainage facilities a practice that might allow contaminated water to spread from one plot to another.
Likewise infection from common irrigation sources was one of the primary ways the Gros Michel version of Panama Disease spread in the mid-20th century.
Another likely vector for the spread of the disease was local people walking across the farmland on their way home says Viljoen.
and would take many many years to spread even if it does move out of Asia. Following the news from Mozambique Chiquita took a more realistic stance.
As plants spread to higher latitudes and elevations they evolved in ways that helped them deal with cold conditions.
and may slow the spread of this noxious pest even ultimately controlling it suggest researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
or perhaps more efficient than other methods to slow the spread of this pest said Flower.
The research suggests that the woodpeckers are likely slowing the spread of emerald ash borer.
in order to control the spread of infection in the area. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Norwegian School of Veterinary Science.
#Perfect storm needed for salmonella to spread in postharvest tomatoesuniversity of Florida researchers have gained new insight into produce-associated salmonella that they hope will eventually reduce the number and severity of the illness-causing outbreaks.
It remains unclear how much each contributes to salmonella's spread but scientists say understanding the process is key to eventually curbing produce-associated outbreaks.
He has been monitoring the spread of buff-tailed bumblebees over the last ten years. Together with this wife Regula and his colleagues from South america he has published just his work in Journal of Animal Ecology.
in order to document their rapid spread do genetic analyses and examine the parasites which accompany them as stowaways in the bumblebee intestines.
Paul Schmid-Hempel is worried about the rapid spread of the buff-tailed bumblebee in remote areas of southern South america not least
#Culling vampire bats to stem rabies in Latin america can backfireculling vampire bat colonies to stem the transmission of rabies in Latin america does little to slow the spread of the virus
and can in some cases actually increase its spread by driving infected bats into neighboring colonies.
However as China began to import millions of tons of oilseed rape to crush for cooking oil the route opened for L. maculans to spread via contaminated seed between countries.
--and in other countries this has shown to be a precursor to the spread of the more destructive L. maculans.
The researchers modelled the potential spread of the destructive L. maculans pathogen across the oilseed rape crops in China--with predicted rates of spread of up to seventy kilometers per year
and potential spread of L. maculans on oilseed rape crops in China is published in Plant pathology.
Until now the earliest archaeological evidence of Buddhist structures at Lumbini dated no earlier than the third century B c. the time of the patronage of the Emperor Asoka who promoted the spread of Buddhism from present-day Afghanistan to Bangladesh.
They frequently are aggressive and often spread from one part of the head or neck to another.
#Bait research focused on outsmarting destructive beetleuniversity of Alberta researchers are closing in on developing an effective bait to get ahead of the destructive spread of mountain pine beetle
and climate change has allowed the current epidemic to spread from lodgepole pine to jack pine a tree species that was thought to be unsuitable for beetle survival in Alberta.
and for controlling its spread. Vegetative compatibility (vc) systems are a fungal equivalent of the tissue rejection systems in humans enabling the fungus to distinguish between self and non-self.
Alternatively if the vc system is switched off'the germinating spores might cooperate during ash leaf infection leading to a greater spread of the fungus.
and combating the spread of such diseases and to increased self-sufficiency in food. Livestock play an important role in Ethiopia as a livelihood both for nomads
It is unclear how Panama disease spread from Southeast asia. Gert Kema argues that it is only a question of time before TR4 reaches Africa.
and the introduction and spread of Panama disease would threaten the food security of millions. A concerted international approach is needed now to prevent the spread of Panama disease
and in the worst-case scenario contain it Kema states. Wageningen UR carried out this research together with the University of Florida the Jordanian National Centre for Agricultural Research and Extension and the University of Jordan.
and identifies patterns of spread in countries where SAT 2 is endemic. The data suggest that the common ancestor of all SAT 2 was in African buffalo.
To Hall these results indicate that genetic tracking of viruses has a lot of potential for making inferences about viral spread and heading off future outbreaks.
And if this pathogen species can be spread from wild grasses onto barley crops and back again further investigation is needed to identify how widespread this species is and also the role that wild grasses play as sources of disease for other crops such as wheat.
These findings confirm that badgers do play a large role in the spread of bovine TB.
spread of invasive plant species by changing soil chemistryinvasive species are among the world's greatest threats to native species and biodiversity.
whether these microbial agents facilitate the perpetuation and spread of this invasive grass. They published their findings in a Special Section in the American Journal of Botany on Rhizosphere Interactions:
which in turn facilitates its spread and establishment. Moreover these changes to the soil chemistry not only increase the competitive edge of this invasive species but also can inhibit
while also helping to prevent embolisms--the spread of air pockets in the tree. In wood fallen to the forest floor it controls the rate that fungi advance through the wood cells to cause decay
and that MRSA spread to other areas of livestock production she adds. FACTSMRSA bacteria MRSA is short for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Patients received an exposure score based on their distance from the production the number of animals at livestock operations the amount of manure spread on crop fields and the size of the field.
The model suggests that just under half of the 2010 Jersey infection spread was attributed to transmission by owners between their own hives.
The researchers suggest that distance between colonies was another important factor in the spread of the disease with the disease mostly spreading between hives less than 2km apart.
The researchers hope now to expand their model to investigate the spread of European Foulbrood a more common bee disease in the UK.
#New weapons on the way to battle wicked weedsa somber picture of the struggle against super-weeds emerged today as scientists described the relentless spread of herbicide-resistant menaces like pigweed
Most wastewater goes untreated in Sub-saharan africa where water pollution triggers the spread of waterborne diseases such as diarrhea and cholera.
and spread of emerging diseases creating agricultural and pharmaceutical products studying climate change controlling invasive species
while long distance spread via cattle movements plays a role local transmission mechanisms appear to drive the spread of the disease
#Spread of crop pests threatens global food security as Earth warmsa new study has revealed that global warming is resulting in the spread of crop pests towards the North and South poles at a rate of nearly 3 kilometers a year.
The spread of pests is caused by both human activities and natural processes but is thought to be primarily the result of international freight transportation.
Renewed efforts are required to monitor the spread of crop pests and to control their movement from region to region
The researchers'models show that it will take more than 2000 years for Greenland's indigenous species of trees to spread to all those areas of the country that will have a suitable climate by 2100.
#Spread of farming and origin of lactase persistence in Neolithic Agescientists have brought to light the spread of dairy farming in Europe and the development of milk tolerance in adult humans.
and the ability to model the spread of positive selection of lactase persistence said Burger.
The spread of plants and animals throughout Europe between 6000 and 4000 BC involved a complex interplay between indigenous Mesolithic hunter-gatherers and incoming Neolithic farmers but the scale of the interaction and the extent to
or disabled by the disease a parasitic-worm infection spread by mosquitoes. Our study quantifies the effect of the most widely implemented vector control measure--insecticide-treated bed nets
The researchers forecast changes to natural selection the spread of infections and the sexual development and fertility of wild animals.
High risk times for the disease to spread include during transportation slaughter preparation and consumption.
and recommendations will help stop the spread of other infectious diseases. The H5n1 avian flu strain has been responsible for the deaths of millions of poultry as well as 375 confirmed human deaths.
The findings highlight the potential for cows to serve as a reservoir for bacteria with the capacity for pandemic spread in humans.
and reduction in variety of forage sources due to pressures of intensifying land use increasing spread of new and old pests--caused by globalisation of trade in bees and bee products--as well as possible adverse effects
and quickly spread through the ponderosa pine canopies on the rolling hills near Colorado springs. The wildfire destroyed 500 homes in the first 48 hours
Our findings reinforce that the novel virus possesses the potential for pandemic spread. So does this imply that H7n9 has come one step closer towards adapting fully to humans ask James Rudge
while an oak sapling's spread is much flatter. Dr Stefan Kepinski senior lecturer in the University of Leeds'Faculty of Biological sciences and lead author of a paper in the journal Current Biology that gets to the bottom of the mystery said:
and to control the spread of disease. A new study to be published in Nature's The ISME Journal reveals the profound effect it has on enriching soil with bacteria fungi and protozoa.
which the authors say supports the hypothesis that stressed bees leave the hive altruistically to prevent the spread of infection.
In the most populated corner of the United states inadvertent human assistance has enhanced greatly insects'ability to spread from the initial point of invasion throughout a region.
when nonnative pests are introduced it is just a matter of time until they spread. With shipping patterns shifting to Western ports we are concerned that the West will catch up over the next century.
because bacterial movement is a key mechanism for the spread of infection as infectious bacteria literally swim to disseminate in the urinary tract
and Materials Engineering finds that cranberry-enriched silicone substrates impaired the spread of Proteus mirabilis. Those results published online in the journal Colloids and Surfaces B:
Biointerfaces point to potential use for cranberry derivatives to hinder the spread of germs in implantable medical devices such as catheters
#Snakes devour more mosquito-eating birds as climate change heats forestsmany birds feed on mosquitoes that spread the West Nile virus a disease that killed 286 people in the United states in 2012 according to the Centers
The outbreak of H7n9 earlier this year led China to temporarily close scores of live poultry markets in an effort to limit the spread of the virus
and the killing of larval and adult mosquitoes#are used all in California to control the spread of mosquito-borne diseases such as West Nile virus
However the emergence of strain Ug99 in Uganda in 1999 devastated crops and has spread to Kenya Ethiopia Sudan
The spread of ailanthus in Pennsylvania occurred in spurts that seem to be connected with stages of human development particularly during cross-state transportation projects Kasson said.
and wealthy plant collectors commercialization of ailanthus after 1820 coupled with railroad construction projects that connected the eastern and western parts of the state in the mid-1800s intensified its spread according to Kasson who worked with Matthew Davis lab
Crews that cut down the trees built roads to reach the sites which became avenues for the spread of ailanthus.
These drilling operations could lead to future spread. Previous research may have underestimated also how long ailanthus can live according to Kasson.
and how human activity impacts the spread of plant disease. Phytophthora infestans changed the course of history. Even today The irish population has recovered still not to pre-famine levels.
and the US reconstructed the spread of the potato blight pathogen from dried plants. Although these were 170 to 120 years old they were found to have many intact pieces of DNA.
The researchers examined the historical spread of the funguslike oomycete Phytophthora infestans known as The irish potato famine pathogen.
The social upheaval during that time may have led to a spread of the pathogen from its center of origin in Toluca Valley Mexico.
and the findings raise serious concern about proposals to use cattle grazing to help control its spread in areas where native bunchgrasses still persist.
This strain known as H3n2 spread around the globe and eventually killed an estimated 1 million people.
#Scientists alarmed by rapid spread of brown streak disease in cassavacassava experts are reporting new outbreaks
and the increased spread of Cassava Brown Streak Disease or CBSD warning that the rapidly proliferating plant virus could cause a 50 percent drop in production of a crop that provides a significant source of food and income for 300 million Africans.
The spread of the disease to West Africa and particularly Nigeria is a major cause for concern experts say
while it would take several years for the disease to spread across the continent via whiteflies alone infected stem cuttings could spark outbreaks in new areas overnight.
Although scant evidence exists of risk of food-borne disease spread by wildlife the risk of rejection of produce by major buyers is too much for most growers to bear say Gennet
and rapid response can be most effective to slow the spread of introduced and potentially invasive plant species. Nonnative or introduced plants are those species growing in areas where they are not normally found.
The Schmallenberg virus appears to be spread by midges. It causes a relatively mild illness in adult animals
New techniques to help halt the spread of diseasescientists have revealed a new technique to introduce disease-blocking bacteria into mosquitoes with promising results that may halt the spread of diseases such as dengue yellow fever and potentially malaria.
The results are published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. This could mean that the spread of disease can be stopped faster
being enveloped in host membranes helps the virus to evade host immune systems and spread within the liver.
and facilitate its spread within the host once it has infected a person said Lemon. While no other virus has been shown to exhibit this particular behavior Dr. Lemon said that it is likely that Hepatitis a virus is not unique in its dual nature.
and enter the blood often leading to the spread of cancer to other parts of the body.
These indicine cattle which often have a characteristic hump at the back of the neck spread into Africa
The Feder team is continuing to refine the genetic assays to develop a portable test that would be valuable in apple-growing regions as well as ports of entry where fruit infested by nonlocal insect species can be detected rapidly to prevent the spread of the insect.
So it's possible that the displacement of A. picea may affect the spread of seeds produced by early spring ephemerals said Warren. By comparing data collected in 1974 to current data Warren
The absence of A. picea may affect the spread of seeds produced by early-flowering woodland plants.
Research from North carolina State university shows that the invasive spotted-wing vinegar fly (Drosophila suzukii) also prefers sweet soft fruit--giving us new insight into a species that has spread across the United states over the past four years
but is known not to spread between humans frequently. While the World health organization has identified six countries as hosts to ongoing widespread bird flu infections in poultry in 2011--China Egypt India Vietnam Indonesia
because thousands of deer are pushed out'to the surrounding countryside each year helping drive the further spread of deer.
and 60 for roe deer is necessary to curb their continuing increase and spread. Story Source:
Historically we've seen symptoms similar to IBDS associated with viruses spread by large-scale infestations of parasitic mites says Dr. David Tarpy an associate professor of entomology at North carolina State university
#Decoys could blunt spread of ash-killing beetlesas the emerald ash borer ravages North american ash trees threatening the trees'very survival a team of entomologists
and engineers may have found a way to prevent the spread of the pests. Emerald ash borers (EABS) a type of beetle native to Asia first appeared in the U s. about 20 years ago.
They also found that the fires'rate of spread was greater when wind speeds were fast
and millions of workers--have enabled The argentine ant to spread across the United States displacing native species
and shifting rainfall patterns in Madagascar could fuel the spread of lemur parasites and the diseases they carry.
The spread could be harmful to lemur populations that have encountered never these pests before and lack resistance to the diseases they carry.
#Buy local firewood to prevent spread of invasive beetle, forest service saysenjoying the cooler temperatures with a warm toasty fire?
The Kansas Forest Service is asking residents to help save trees by buying their firewood locally all to prevent the further spread of an invasive beetle killing millions of ash trees.
and has most likely spread to other trees. Armbrust says they believe the beetle first arrived in the United states through packing material.
It might be a situation where that extra cleavage site is allowing more spread in the animal
Therefore the viruses have not spread between zoos and the sources of the viruses were most likely wild-born elephant herdmates.
#Preference for built-up habitats could explain rapid spread of tree bumblebee in UKTHE strikingly rapid spread of the Tree Bumblebee in Britain could be occurring
#Goats better than chemicals for curbing invasive marsh grassherbivores not herbicides may be the most effective way to combat the spread of one of the most invasive plants now threatening East Coast salt marshes a new Duke university-led
Land managers traditionally have used chemical herbicides to slow phragmites'spread but with only limited and temporary success. Now field experiments by researchers at Duke
and the hot dry climate in central Spain and parts of Australia Africa and Asia hamper the spread of the slugs.
Early detection of the pest in traps such as ours can help in coordinating management strategies to slow its spread
which the creation of the Vuoksi River played in the simultaneous spread of the most significant culture in our prehistory.
Another factor in the changes may have been the near-simultaneous spread of eastern spruce trees which continue to be the dominant tree in the area.
The spread of typical Pit-Comb Ware culture to the Saimaa region is related to the wider phenomenon of the Stone age population maximum
She also mentiones that the science team at INECOL also works in changing habits and customs of farmers that favor the introduction and spread of agricultural pests and diseases mainly in the region of the Cofre de Perote;
They then analyzed the species spread across those types of places and calculated phylogenetic diversity in each.
A particular worry is unaddressed that the need for management of evolution that spans multiple sectors will lead to the spread of new infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance genes between natural human health and agricultural systems.
The longer the bacteria stick around in workers'noses the researchers say the greater the opportunity for them to potentially spread to hog workers'families their communities
but when fires get out of control they can burn huge areas and spread to neighboring homes and settlements.
and spread its pest status in other invaded regions descriptions of its life stages and biology its chemical ecology and the types of damage it does to various host plants.
and trends in their spread using global databases to investigate the factors that influence the number of countries reached by pests and the number of pests in each country.
If crop pests continue to spread at current rates many of the world's biggest crop producing nations will be inundated by the middle of the Century posing a grave threat to global food security.
and has spread to more than a dozen states in the past century particularly in the Southeast. Typically found along roads
Another unexpected result was that honeybees seem to be derived from an ancient lineage of cavity-nesting bees that arrived from Asia around 300000 years ago and rapidly spread across Europe and Africa.
Consistent with the observations in other countries Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) is the virus most strongly affected by the spread of Varroa throughout New zealand.
and area of a fire's spread can be predicted days in advance. That will open doors to scientific advances in everything from firefighting technologies to firefighting resource logistics
and spread but they can come back there on day two and it will light and spread he says.
This situation is termed marginal burning. I began to study why the prescribed fire spreads. Under what conditions does it spread
We found that one of the most sensitive elements that is required for fire to spread is wind
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