Sentence examples for transfer pathogens from inspiring English sources

And there are several points of contamination along the supply chain -- growing, harvesting, packing, storage, transport, distribution and processing -- all the way to the consumer's kitchen, where simply cutting the melon can transfer pathogens to the edible parts of the fruit.

Ectoparasites are harmful to nestlings, both because they drain blood (reduce nutrients), and because they may transfer pathogens into the host.

Infected feral animals may transfer pathogens from domestic to wild populations when they interact with wildlife at shared food sources [2].

Sometimes used needles can be found on sites, which can potentially transfer pathogens from sick to healthy children.

In order to minimise the number of transmission routes it is necessary to cohort the nursing staff so that they cannot transfer pathogens between different groups of patients.

Insect vectors can transfer pathogens directly to flowers, e.g. smut-fungus in Silene, but also transmission of pathogens by wind dispersal of spores can occur during the flowering phase (Antonovics 2005).

For example, a contaminated cloth mask may transfer pathogen from the mask to the bare hands of the wearer.

The root systems of most agronomic crops are colonized by diverse assemblages of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), varying in the functional benefits (e.g. nutrient transfer, pathogen protection, water uptake) provided to hosts.

Mosquitoes that tend to feed on multiple host species have the potential to act as bridge vectors, occasionally transferring pathogens from the reservoir host/maintenance cycle to humans or domestic animals.

The importance of this work is furthered by the lack of known transovarially transferred pathogens in this mosquito species; hence, the possible future use of direct mosquito feeding on infected patients 18, 19 would be considered ethical and safe.

At the same time, disinfectant wipes may serve as vectors in transferring pathogen between surfaces when reused without proper cleaning [ 46, 47].