Sentence examples for in an intermediate host from inspiring English sources

The flu could also be in an intermediate host, said Dr. Cox, as the 2002 SARS virus passed from bats to humans through palm civets.

Multiple developmental stages may take place in an intermediate host, which plays an important role in facilitating disease transmission in the form of vectors, such as mosquitoes, which pass immature parasites through their proboscis directly into the bloodstream of the definitive host.

Avian flu can acquire the capacity for airborne transmission between mammals without recombination in an intermediate host.

Thus, avian A/H5N1 influenza viruses can acquire the capacity for airborne transmission between mammals without recombination in an intermediate host and therefore constitute a risk for human pandemic influenza.

To better understand the mechanisms of T. gondii stage conversion between tachyzoites and bradyzoites, and to recognize stage conversion in an intermediate host, we constructed a transgenic cyst-forming strain (PLK) of T. gondii.

This led to the hypothesis that conversion of the L-BSE agent, resulting from passage in an intermediate host, could explain the origin of classical BSE.

The >1200 bat species are known to harbour a diverse array of viruses from multiple families, many of which have crossed the species barrier to cause a variety of diseases in humans, often via an intermediate host.

Reassortment can result in antigenic shift when an intermediate host, such as a pig, is simultaneously infected with a human and an avian influenza A virus.

In addition, the quail is thought to play an important role in the evolution of influenza viruses by acting as an intermediate host in which avian influenza viruses can be amplified and transmitted to other animal species [ 42].

You must not forget that your own work in Mississippi did more to impress me with the importance of an intermediate host in yellow fever than everything else put together".

One nematode found in adult birds, Skrjabinoclavia thapari, is borne in the fiddler crab as an intermediate host, while the thorny headed worm species Southwellina dimorpha is carried in crayfish and infests both adult and juvenile ibis.