Sentence examples for host competence from inspiring English sources

Additionally, host competence (referring to livestock only) in the epidemiology of BT was recently demonstrated when analyzing factors determining the occurrence of BT outbreaks in Spain [61].

Studies have documented a wide range of variability in avian host competence for WNv [41], and it is probable that spatial variability in the abundance and community composition of avian hosts has an effect on the potential for amplification of WNv and the consequent patterns of human cases in the northern Great Plains.

The efficiency of transmission of spirochetes, as measured by their prevalence in ticks, is 1 correlate of vertebrate host competence in maintaining the natural cycle of LB (17 ).

Reservoir host competence depends primarily on an animal's susceptibility to infection, the intensity of viremia, and the duration of viremia sufficient to infect appropriate mosquito vectors.

Social integration and own and host competence were associated with drinking, as were being a Muslim, years in school and gender.

To determine the public health importance of B. garinii in seabird colonies along the North Atlantic coast, additional studies on the issues of dispersal, vector competence, and reservoir host competence are needed.

Attendees lost some faith in their hosts' competence, and soon a sad photo of a ball pit that was nothing more than a pretentious kiddie pool (see below) became the context-free symbol for the all-around failure of the event.

Numerous studies have revealed the complex differential binding of both human and animal fH by various strains of Borrelia, contributing significantly to pathogenicity and host-competence [ 59, 60].

Several indirect associations between exogenous variables and drinking through host culture competence were present, albeit not through own culture competence.

In the structural equation model high drinking frequency was associated with high host culture competence and social interaction, while high own culture competence was associated with low drinking frequency.

Several indirect associations through own and host culture competence were also present, and thus such culture competences played a larger role among Pakistanis than among Iranians.