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Although transmission of rhinovirus infection by way of surfaces is not as likely as transmission by direct contact with an infected person, it is important, say the researchers.
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The normal way of catching the infection, caused by a bacterium called Coxiella burnetii, is breathing in barnyard dust which contains dried placental material, birth fluids, and faeces.
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And one way to reduce the rates of infection is to take an older central line out and put another one in more frequently.
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The kidneys do a better job than the dialysis machine, there is less of a risk of infection that way, and it is even less expensive and more convenient.
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The only way to eliminate any risk of cross-infection in the aircraft cabin -- or the rapid worldwide spread of an infectious agent -- is to prevent would-be passengers who are either substantially exposed to or carrying transmissible infections from flying.
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Dr Amber Young, consultant paediatric anaesthetist at the South West Paediatric Burns Centre at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol and clinical adviser to the project said when a child with a small burn develops a high temperature there is no easy way of knowing if the child has a serious bacterial infection, or simply a cough or cold.
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In another way, the diagnosis of pneumonia was reassuring, because it was just an infection.
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The Kenyan bishops' anti-condom remarks contradict the view of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI who stated in 2010 that "where the intention is to reduce the risk of infection" condoms can be "a first step in a movement toward a different way, a more human way, of living sexuality", Mr O'Brien said.
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