• Are Monkeys at Alpha Genesis, Inc., Infected With the Novel Coronavirus? (peta.org)
  • Yemassee, S.C. - Humans aren't the only primates who can be infected with the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. (peta.org)
  • That's why PETA is calling on Alpha Genesis, Inc.(AGI) to suspend all experiments and provide documentation that the monkeys housed there, as well as its staff, have not been exposed to or infected with the coronavirus. (peta.org)
  • There has been a slight drop in the number of people infected with coronavirus in England after lockdown measures were introduced, new figures show. (chronicle.gi)
  • In January 2021, scientists in Brazil reported that two people had been simultaneously infected with two different strains of the coronavirus--the Brazilian variant known as B.1.1.28 (E484K) and a novel variant VUI-NP13L, which had previously been discovered in Rio Grande do Sul. (eurekalert.org)
  • A new clinical trial at UC San Diego Health will investigate whether blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors will help patients infected with the coronavirus. (nbcsandiego.com)
  • The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 directly infects fat cells and specific immune cells found in fat tissue, sparking inflammation that can then spread to uninfected "bystander" cells nearby. (livescience.com)
  • In a study, published Sept. 22 in the journal Science Translational Medicine , scientists experimented with fat tissue obtained from patients undergoing bariatric, heart and chest surgeries, to see if the tissue could be infected by the coronavirus . (livescience.com)
  • This document provides guidance for follow-up and antiviral chemoprophylaxis of close contacts of cases of human infection with novel influenza A viruses associated with severe human disease or with the potential to cause severe human disease . (cdc.gov)
  • The public health goal of this interim guidance is to prevent further spread of novel influenza A viruses associated with severe human disease if there are infected persons in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Public health personnel should attempt to identify as soon as possible and monitor all close contacts of confirmed or probable cases of human infection with novel influenza A viruses associated with severe human disease for new illness. (cdc.gov)
  • Users of infected machines were unaware that their computers had been compromised-or that the malicious software rendered their machines vulnerable to a host of other viruses. (fbi.gov)
  • Avian influenza A viruses circulate among wild aquatic birds worldwide and can infect domestic poultry and other bird and animal species to cause disease referred to as avian influenza. (cdc.gov)
  • Some avian influenza A viruses cause high morbidity and mortality in infected poultry, while others cause no illness or only mild disease in poultry. (cdc.gov)
  • People who are exposed to poultry or wild aquatic birds infected with avian influenza A viruses or associated contaminated environments may become infected with these viruses. (cdc.gov)
  • Standard Precautions, plus Contact and Airborne Precautions, including the use of eye protection, are recommended when evaluating patients for infection with avian influenza A viruses. (cdc.gov)
  • The human T-lymphotropic viruses, type I (HTLV-I) and type II (HTLV-II), are closely related but distinct retroviruses that can infect humans. (cdc.gov)
  • Both these variants were circulating in Belgium at the time, so it is likely that the lady was co-infected with different viruses from two different people. (eurekalert.org)
  • TIPs, like viruses, can enter cells, but they don't replicate unless the cells are also infected with the virus. (rutgers.edu)
  • The goal is for harmless TIPs to outnumber flu virus genetic elements so infected cells would generate relatively few infectious viruses and a bumper crop of "dud viruses" with TIP genes, rapidly diluting the harmful viruses and halting the infection, according to DARPA. (rutgers.edu)
  • Viruses that infect bacteria are among the most abundant life forms on Earth. (wustl.edu)
  • however, because other bird flu viruses have infected people, it is possible that human infections with these viruses could occur. (cdc.gov)
  • It is rare for people to get infected with bird flu viruses, but it can happen. (cdc.gov)
  • Bird flu viruses can infect people when enough virus gets into a person's eyes, nose, or mouth, or is inhaled. (cdc.gov)
  • Horse owners should consult with their veterinarians and make sure their animals are properly vaccinated for EEE, West Nile and other viruses spread by infected insects or ticks. (healthvermont.gov)
  • An international team of scientists has found evidence that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infects cells in the mouth. (nih.gov)
  • Because the virus affects monkeys differently from humans, they are not good "models" for studying the human form of the disease-and if any of the monkeys are infected, future studies involving them would be compromised. (peta.org)
  • In the earlier study, the researchers gave antiretroviral drugs to mice whose immune systems had been altered to mimic those of humans, and then infected with HIV. (ucla.edu)
  • It is also zoonotic in nature, which means it can also infect humans - especially those who may come into contact with canine blood, tissues and fluids. (naturalnews.com)
  • Among the more common species is Cryptosporidium hominis , for which humans are the only natural host, and Cryptosporidium parvum , which infects a range of mammals, including humans. (medscape.com)
  • Cryptosporidium species that infect humans replicate in the epithelial cell lining of the GI tract. (medscape.com)
  • 6 years, and most of the animal infectedwithinfluenzaA(H5N2)showedseroconversionfor health officials had experience in stamping out infected thevirusbyhemagglutinininhibitionormicroneutralization poultry. (cdc.gov)
  • It is specific to a scenario where there are sporadic cases associated with infected domestic poultry or wild bird exposures, and there is concern for possible limited, non-sustained human-to-human virus transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • People involved in poultry outbreak response activities and others with exposures to infected birds or contaminated material, surfaces, or water may be at risk of avian influenza A virus infection. (cdc.gov)
  • Bird flu A(H5) or A(H7) virus outbreaks in poultry, where and quarantine of exposed flocks with culling if disease is detected, are depopulation (or culling, also called "stamping out") of infected flocks is the preferred control and eradication methods. (cdc.gov)
  • Many different strains of bird flu are present in China, with some sporadically infecting people, typically those who work with poultry. (medscape.com)
  • The risk of infection following close contact with a confirmed or probable novel influenza A case-patient is higher for persons with prolonged, unprotected exposures (e.g., without use of respiratory and eye protection) than for close contacts (e.g., health care personnel) who were wearing recommended personal protective equipment. (cdc.gov)
  • Health care personnel with unprotected close contact to case-patients with novel influenza A virus infection may have higher risk exposures than others through caring for patients of greater illness severity and higher viral levels. (cdc.gov)
  • Contact tracing and sanitising of a Covid-19 positive patient's premises is crucial, as per the World Health Organisation's (WHO) protocol to control the spread of the infection. (hindustantimes.com)
  • While it's well known that the upper airways and lungs are primary sites of SARS-CoV-2 infection, there are clues the virus can infect cells in other parts of the body, such as the digestive system, blood vessels, kidneys and, as this new study shows, the mouth. (nih.gov)
  • These recommendations are consistent with existing infection control guidance for care of patients who might be infected with a novel influenza A virus associated with severe disease. (cdc.gov)
  • All HIV-infected persons at risk for infection with M. tuberculosis must be carefully evaluated and, if indicated, administered therapy to prevent the progression of latent infection to active TB disease and avoid the complications associated with HIV-related TB. (cdc.gov)
  • Adding to CDC's current recommendations for administering isoniazid preventive therapy to HIV-infected persons with positive tuberculin skin tests and to HIV-infected persons who were exposed to patients with infectious TB, this report also describes in detail the use of new short-course (i.e., 2 months) multidrug regimens (e.g., a rifamycin, such as rifampin or rifabutin, combined with pyrazinamide) to prevent TB in persons with HIV infection. (cdc.gov)
  • Diagnosis of B. canis infection in dogs can be somewhat difficult because many infected dogs are often asymptomatic and serologic and molecular diagnostic tools are mostly imperfect. (naturalnews.com)
  • Wild water birds (like ducks and geese) can be infected with avian (bird) surfaces are thought to be at very low risk of infection. (cdc.gov)
  • Test samples taken from the horse after it died identified that it was infected with EEE virus, and the incubation period for the disease places it in Vermont when infection would have occurred. (healthvermont.gov)
  • Contact precautions are a series of actions that infection control units take to reduce the transmission of nosocomial pathogens. (bvsalud.org)
  • Out of 2500 people exposed to birds infected with H5N1, only this one case of human infection has been confirmed. (medscape.com)
  • They found that the virus could infect and replicate within mature fat cells, known as adipocytes, and these infected cells became inflamed. (livescience.com)
  • Beginning in 2007, the cyber ring used a class of malware called DNSChanger to infect approximately 4 million computers in more than 100 countries. (fbi.gov)
  • In some cases, the malware had the additional effect of preventing users' anti-virus software and operating systems from updating, thereby exposing infected machines to even more malicious software. (fbi.gov)
  • The malware then links your Mac up to a botnet of other infected machines that are all sending web activity, logins, etc. to the same network. (cultofmac.com)
  • The campaigns contain malicious web links and attachments that infect users' machines with malware when opened. (faronics.com)
  • Preventing DM patients from becoming infected with TB can be done by an optimal innate immune system mechanism from the host through an effective phagocytosis process from phagocytic cells such as macrophages in the early invasion of microorganisms against Mtb bacteria 5 , 6 Macrophages are professional phagocytes responsible for destroying cells infected with intracellular pathogens and targets for Mtb bacteria 4 , 5 , 7 . (scialert.net)
  • RNA bacteriophages have been shown to infect gram-negative bacteria, which have become increasingly resistant to antibiotics and are the source of many infections in health-care settings. (wustl.edu)
  • But the researchers also showed for the first time that these bacteriophages also may infect gram-positive bacteria, which are responsible for strep and staph infections as well as MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ). (wustl.edu)
  • Hand hygiene compliance in patients under contact precautions and in the general hospital population. (bvsalud.org)
  • Observations were stratified as opportunities in patients under contact precautions and in the general hospital population . (bvsalud.org)
  • Critical care areas had higher HH compliance when patients were isolated by contact precautions. (bvsalud.org)
  • Medical wards were statistically lower in HH when patients were under contact precautions. (bvsalud.org)
  • Respiratory technicians had the highest HH compliance in both overall performance and in patients under contact precautions. (bvsalud.org)
  • The potential of the virus to infect multiple areas of the body might help explain the wide-ranging symptoms experienced by COVID-19 patients, including oral symptoms such as taste loss, dry mouth and blistering. (nih.gov)
  • Moreover, the findings point to the possibility that the mouth plays a role in transmitting SARS-CoV-2 to the lungs or digestive system via saliva laden with virus from infected oral cells. (nih.gov)
  • Based on data from our laboratories, we suspected at least some of the virus in saliva could be coming from infected tissues in the mouth itself," Warner said. (nih.gov)
  • Six Estonian nationals have been arrested and charged with running a sophisticated Internet fraud ring that infected millions of computers worldwide with a virus and enabled the thieves to manipulate the multi-billion-dollar Internet advertising industry. (fbi.gov)
  • The advance could move scientists a step closer to being able to reduce the amount of virus, or even eliminate it, from infected people who are dependent on lifesaving medications to keep the virus from multiplying and illness at bay. (ucla.edu)
  • The approach coaxes the dormant virus to reveal itself in infected cells, so it can then be targeted and killed. (ucla.edu)
  • The researchers also analyzed the mice's spleens - because the spleen harbors immune cells, it's a good place to look for latent HIV-infected cells - and did not detect the virus there, suggesting that cells harboring HIV were eliminated. (ucla.edu)
  • The presence of antibodies to HTLV-I or HTLV-II indicates that a person is infected with the virus. (cdc.gov)
  • The uncertainty regarding the identity of the infecting virus and the differing epidemiologic and clinical correlates of HTLV-I and HTLV-II infections have complicated counseling of HTLV-I/II-infected persons. (cdc.gov)
  • In a cell infected with both a flu virus and a TIP, the cell makes copies of the TIP genome that compete for viral proteins. (rutgers.edu)
  • But what happens when an unidentified virus infects a victim's computer? (faronics.com)
  • Monkeypox: How to take care of yourself if you are infected with the virus. (livemint.com)
  • Isolate: If you are infected with the virus, the symptoms will start showing within 2 weeks. (livemint.com)
  • These pre-adipocytes cannot be directly infected by SARS-CoV-2, the team found, but through this chain reaction, they were indirectly affected by the virus. (livescience.com)
  • While all these factors may worsen COVID-19 outcomes for people with obesity, now there's this evidence that the virus infects fat cells directly. (livescience.com)
  • Most reported bird a person touches something that has virus on it and then touches their flu infections in people have happened after unprotected contact with mouth, eyes or nose. (cdc.gov)
  • Infected birds have virus prolonged, unprotected exposure with infected birds or contaminated in their saliva, mucous and droppings (feces). (cdc.gov)
  • EEE virus is spread through bites from infected mosquitoes. (healthvermont.gov)
  • A 4-year-old boy was found to have been infected with the virus after developing a fever and other symptoms on April 5. (medscape.com)
  • In a study using mice, a UCLA-led team of researchers have improved upon a method they developed in 2017 that was designed to kill HIV-infected cells. (ucla.edu)
  • R. Kelly has been sued by a woman claiming that she was sexually assaulted by the singer in 2017 and infected with Herpes in court documents exclusively obtained by RadarOnline.com . (radaronline.com)
  • The present study was conducted between May and August 2017 and screening of child household contacts and subsequent TPT initiation included 11 of the 13 clinics in the two subdistricts, excluding two in eligible children. (who.int)
  • Monkeypox spreads when people have close, physical contact with an infected person's lesions, their clothing or bedsheets. (livemint.com)
  • Most bird flu infections infected birds or contaminated surfaces. (cdc.gov)
  • infected birds or contaminated surfaces. (cdc.gov)
  • RIGA - Two persons in Latvia are still infected with Covid-19 even after the disappearance of symptoms, Jurijs Perevoscikovs, director of the Infectious Disease Risk Analysis and Prevention Department at the Center for Disease Prevention and Control, told the Saeima Defense, Interior Affairs and Corruption Prevention Committee today. (baltictimes.com)
  • Researchers in Belgium report on the case of a 90-year-old woman who was simultaneously infected with two different variants of concern (VOCs) of COVID-19, in a Case Report being presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) held online this year. (eurekalert.org)
  • Tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) offered to children who come into contact with infectious adult pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) cases is an important childhood TB prevention strategy. (who.int)
  • 5 years and/or HIV-infected) linked to infectious study, with clinic visits for patient recruitment done by the principal adult TB cases and documenting the proportion of these children investigator without any prior pre-arrangement with the clinic on the having successful y initiated TPT. (who.int)
  • We would like to inform you of a change of venue for the event with Infected Mushroom on 1.3.2023. (astra-berlin.de)
  • Prime Minister António Costa is in prophylactic isolation today after contact with an infected member of staff. (portugalresident.com)
  • Environment Secretary George Eustice stressed the need for people to comply with the isolation rules when contacted by NHS Test and Trace amid concerns of low compliance. (chronicle.gi)
  • Effective measures such as rodent control, improved sanitation, and early detection and isolation of infected individuals are essential for reducing transmission. (bvsalud.org)
  • The present study was conducted to determine if transplacental or direct transmission occurs in pregnant BALB/c mice experimentally infected with L. infantum isolated from a naturally infected foxhound from Virginia as well as to determine if the parasite was directly transmitted to the mates used to breed the mice. (vt.edu)
  • To quantify parasite release process, human erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium falciparum were injected into sealed chambers at optimal density, where they progressed through the end of the erythrocyte cycle. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Besides the direct estimation of parasite release from infected erythrocytes, this method provides a morphological evaluation of normal infected cells approaching the end of the plasmodial life cycle, or pathological forms accumulated as the result of experimental intervention in the parasite release process. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Intracellular malaria parasites leave their host erythrocytes to infect neighbouring cells after each cycle of asexual replication. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Most sporadic infections occur through person-to-person contact. (medscape.com)
  • The study included all HIV-infected patients receiving HAART regimens that included nevirapine. (biomedcentral.com)
  • During the study period, 268 HIV-infected patients were treated with HAART regimens including nevirapine. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 400 HIV-infected subjects who were HAART-naïve or on HAART for ≤ 6 months were enrolled into the Multivitamins, HAART and HIV/AIDS Trial. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Cytopenias are a frequent complication in HIV-infected adults at initiation of HAART in Uganda. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Infected Mushroom (Hebrew: פטריה נגועה) is an Israeli musical duo formed in Haifa in 1996 by producers Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani. (wikipedia.org)
  • The duo then renamed themselves Infected Mushroom, a name they stole from a local punk band that had been disbanded. (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] Infected Mushroom rose to #9 in the influential DJmag Top 100 DJs poll and were the highest placed psytrance DJs in the category's 2007 debut appearance, a reflection of the role the group had played in the genre's increased worldwide popularity. (wikipedia.org)
  • They also found that specific subsets of immune cells housed within the fat tissue, called macrophages, also became infected and kicked off a much more intense inflammatory response. (livescience.com)
  • Previous research has reported people infected with different influenza strains [2]. (eurekalert.org)
  • That means while unprecedented numbers of people became infected in mere weeks, many aren't presenting in hospitals with classic COVID-19 pneumonia, but rather a wider array of symptoms, or while coping with another health issue. (cbc.ca)
  • Most people who are infected will have no or mild symptoms, such as fever, chills, fatigue, joint and body aches. (healthvermont.gov)
  • People with symptoms or who suspect exposure are encouraged to contact their health care provider as soon as they feel sick. (healthvermont.gov)
  • The "kick and kill" approach uses cells that are naturally produced by the immune system to kill HIV-infected cells that hide in the body. (ucla.edu)
  • But HIV has the ability to elude antiretrovirals by lying dormant in cells called CD4+ T cells, which signal another type of T cell, the CD8, to destroy HIV-infected cells. (ucla.edu)
  • In the new study, while the mice were receiving antiretrovirals, the researchers used SUW133 to flush HIV infected cells out of hiding. (ucla.edu)
  • They then injected healthy natural killer cells into the mice's blood to kill the infected cells. (ucla.edu)
  • The combination of SUW133 and injections of healthy natural killer immune cells completely cleared the HIV in 40% of the HIV-infected mice. (ucla.edu)
  • IL-12 has a role in inducing T helper-1 lymphocyte and IFN-g secretion from T helper-1 and natural killer cells 4 , 8 Improving the function of macrophage phagocytic activity with immunomodulatory substances is one of the efforts to prevent DM patients from being easily infected with TB 9 . (scialert.net)
  • SARS-CoV-2 likely infects fat cells and immune cells within fat, a study shows. (livescience.com)
  • What's more, in two patients who died of COVID-19, the team found inflammatory immune cells had assembled around infected adipocytes in the fat tissue surrounding the heart. (livescience.com)
  • It can also be caught through the ingestion of undercooked meat from infected animals. (naturalnews.com)
  • Nonetheless, transmission can also occur following animal contact, ingestion of water (mainly during swimming), or through food. (medscape.com)
  • Childhood tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy (TPT) and active healthcare clinics in the Tshwane subdistricts 3 and 4, the referral contact tracing, as per the South African (SA) national TB guidelines, area of the Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital. (who.int)
  • Non-sand fly transmission of a North American isolate of Leishmania infantum in experimentally infected BALB/c mice," Journal of Parasitology, Vol. 91, No. 5, pp. 1113-1115. (vt.edu)
  • n=26/71) were ful y knowledgeable about paediatric TPT eligibility criteria, with 63% (n=45/71) unaware that HIV-infected children of all ages qualified for TPT after exposure. (who.int)
  • This would help improve their skills in paediatric disclosure, leading to positive health outcomes for children infected with HIV. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Contact with the respiratory secretions you may have released. (livemint.com)
  • Also called Mediterranean Fever, brucellosis is a highly contagious disease caused by close contact with animal secretions such as blood, as well as reproductive fluids like semen and vaginal discharge. (naturalnews.com)
  • Mr Eustice told Sky News: "We do need people, if they are asked to self-isolate because they have been contacted through our Test and Trace, we do need them to self-isolate. (chronicle.gi)
  • The aim of the study was to explore healthcare providers' experiences in disclosure of HIV-positive status to the infected child. (biomedcentral.com)
  • For that study, 143,000 volunteers were tested in England between January 6 and 15, with results showing that one in 63 people were infected. (chronicle.gi)
  • The aim of this study was to identify risk factors associated with the occurrence of rash during the treatment with nevirapine of HIV-infected patients. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This exploratory study examined the relationships of psychological variables and HIV disease progression in a sample of gay men (n=147) infected for at least 8 years and followed up clinically for 5 to 32 months. (bl.uk)
  • We study network SIR (Susceptible - Infected - Recovered) epidemic models in the case of two interacting populations. (lu.se)
  • This fact sheet provides in people have happened after close, prolonged, unprotected contact with information about bird flu and bird flu infections in people. (cdc.gov)
  • with its federal, state, local and industry partners to quickly respond to any Surveillance of flocks that are nearby or linked to the infected flock(s) bird flu findings. (cdc.gov)
  • A systematic review of studies documenting the prevalence or incidence of anemia in HIV-infected patient populations reported prevalence rates from 1.3% to 95% [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We analyze the dynamics behavior of the fractions of infected individuals in the two populations. (lu.se)
  • Traditional microscopic evaluation of plasmodial maturation by using blood smears allows one to follow plasmodial cycle progression in infected cultures. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Fever may not occur in infected persons of any age, particularly in persons aged 65 years and older or people with immunosuppression. (cdc.gov)
  • Animal contact can also be associated with transmission of zoonotic species. (medscape.com)
  • The most notable changes in these guidelines reflect both the findings of clinical trials that evaluated new drug regimens for treating and preventing TB among HIV-infected persons and recent advances in the use of antiretroviral therapy. (cdc.gov)
  • Because the polymerase chain-reaction test is not routinely available, many donors and other persons positive by serologic assays have been told that they are infected with HTLV-I/II. (cdc.gov)
  • Screening of the U.S. blood supply for HTLV-I/II, which began in 1988, identifies HTLV-I- and HTLV-II-infected persons who should be counseled regarding their infections. (cdc.gov)
  • We developed an ELISA based on nonstructural ous contact histories with infected chickens were unknown. (cdc.gov)
  • Early diagnosis and effective treatment of TB among HIV-infected patients are critical for curing TB, minimizing the negative effects of TB on the course of HIV, and interrupting the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to other persons in the community. (cdc.gov)
  • Health care personnel with unprotected close contact with a confirmed or probable case or nonhousehold members with prolonged unprotected close contact with a confirmed or probable case outside of a healthcare facility. (cdc.gov)
  • However, observation and situation analysis show that, health care providers still feel uncomfortable disclosing the HIV positive status to the infected child. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Contact state/local health department with any questions or concerns. (cdc.gov)
  • This document summarizes current information about HTLV, types I and II, and presents recommendations developed by CDC and a U.S. Public Health Service working group for counseling HTLV-I- and HTLV-II-infected persons. (cdc.gov)
  • The recommendations for counseling HTLV-I-, HTLV-II-, and HTLV-I/II-infected persons included in this document are intended for use by health-care workers and public health officials in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • The events initiated a cascade of consequences for both infected patients and the national health systems of many countries, including the Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • They're now distinguishing between people admitted directly for COVID-19 and those admitted for other health issues who also test positive, since the variant is infecting such a wide assortment of patients. (cbc.ca)
  • Betts says breaking down hospitalized patients between those admitted for COVID-19 and those infected after being admitted with another condition, can be helpful for planning health-system capacity, given the specialized care and treatments required for patients who have full-blown COVID-19. (cbc.ca)
  • Yellow fever is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito. (medlineplus.gov)
  • A huge society which currently has more than 15 active cases from different families in Hadapsar, has not had any sanitisation done by the civic body, nor any officials coming in for contact tracing. (hindustantimes.com)
  • None of the civic officials came for contact tracing or put up the posters. (hindustantimes.com)
  • Officials also described their efforts to make sure infected users' Internet access would not be disrupted as a result of the operation. (fbi.gov)
  • In order to improve the disclosure process in HIV infected children, healthcare providers recommended further standardized training on paediatric HIV disclosure with more emphasis on practical skills and inclusion of disclosure content that is age appropriate for children with HIV. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Household or close family member contacts with unprotected, prolonged close contact to a confirmed or probable case. (cdc.gov)
  • Inform: Inform and advise everyone to get tested who has come in close contact with you in the last 2 weeks. (livemint.com)
  • Here is what is defined as close contact. (livemint.com)
  • No close contacts were infected. (medscape.com)
  • Approximately half of HTLV-I/II-seropositive blood donors nationwide are infected with HTLV-I. HTLV-I-infected donors most often report a history of birth in HTLV-I-endemic countries or sexual contact with persons from the Caribbean or Japan. (cdc.gov)
  • Travelers without proof of vaccination could be given the vaccine upon entry or detained for up to 6 days to make sure they are not infected. (medlineplus.gov)