News tagged with environmental transmission
Study: Indirect transmission can trigger influenza outbreaks in birds
Jun 02, 2009 |
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New data on the persistence of avian influenza viruses in the environment has allowed a team of University of Georgia researchers to create the first model that takes into account both direct and indirect transmission of ...
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Exploring Ways to Expand Power Grid
Aug 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. will need to expand and modernize its outdated power transmission grid to incorporate more renewable energy sources, but balkanized ownership and regulation are going to make that process slow and ...
Link found between influenza, absolute humidity
Feb 09, 2009 |
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A new study by Oregon researchers has found a significant correlation between "absolute" humidity and influenza virus survival and transmission. When absolute humidity is low - as in peak flu months of January and February ...
Predicting mosquito outbreaks for disease control
Mar 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Adelaide researchers have shown they can predict the biggest population peaks of disease-carrying mosquitoes up to two months ahead.
Famous sloop 'Clearwater' will carry environmental sensor, sending data to Stevens' maritime lab
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Later this week, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology will equip the sloop Clearwater with instrumentation that will provide real-time transmission of position, time, surface water temperature, salinity, and dissolved ...
Poorly cleaned public cruise ship restrooms may predict norovirus outbreaks
Nov 02, 2009 |
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A team of researchers from Boston University School (BUSM), Carney Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance and Tufts University School of Medicine, have found that widespread poor compliance with regular cleaning of public restrooms ...
Scientists concerned about effects of global warming on infectious diseases
May 22, 2007 |
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As the Earth’s temperatures continue to rise, we can expect a signficant change in infectious disease patterns around the globe. Just exactly what those changes will be remains unclear, but scientists agree they will not ...
Bees may transmit viruses to offspring
Jan 19, 2006 |
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Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture report what may be the first evidence of queen honeybees transmitting viruses to their offspring.
Vaccine and drug research aimed at ticks and mosquitoes to prevent disease transmission
Dec 02, 2008 |
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Most successful vaccines and drugs rely on protecting humans or animals by blocking certain bacteria from growing in their systems. But, a new theory actually hopes to take stopping infectious diseases such as West Nile ...
C. difficile spores spread superbug
Jul 20, 2009 |
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New research suggests that antibiotic treatment could be asymptomatically inducing the transmission of the healthcare-acquired infection, C. difficile, contributing to the outbreaks that have recently been widely reported in hos ...
NASA scientists report on new technology to help protect US troops from infectious diseases
Dec 11, 2008 |
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Representatives from NASA convened in New Orleans today to report at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting the results from a NASA-enhanced computerized system to assess environmental and health ...
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