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Mapping the Risk for West Nile Virus Transmission, Africa

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
West Nile virus (WNV) is an emergent arthropodborne virus that is transmitted from bird to bird by mosquitoes. Spillover events occur when infected mosquitoes bite mammals.
José-María García-Carrasco   +4 more
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Pneumonic Plague in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1904

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
Plague is a potentially dangerous reemerging disease. Because modern outbreaks are relatively infrequent, data for epidemiologic study are best found in historical accounts.
Charles M. Evans   +2 more
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Bovine Epizootic Fever [PDF]

open access: yesJapanese Journal of Microbiology, 1969
ABSTRACTIt was found that the ruins of Bovine Epizootic Fever appeared to be RNA as its replication was not inhibited by 5‐iodo‐2′‐deoxyuridine. It had a buoyant density of 1.196, was not filterable through membrane filter (Millipore Filter Corp. Mass.) of 100 mμ pore size, and was sensitive to ether, chloroform and deoxycholate, was inactivated by ...
Yoshio Tanaka   +5 more
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Best of Intentions?: Rinderpest, Containment Practices, and Rebellion in Rhodesia in 1896 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Rinderpest was a deadly bovine virus that plagued cattle herds accross Europe and Asia for centuries. In the late 1880s to early 1890s, the virus found its way to Africa, where it wiped out thousands of non-immune cattle herds belonging to African ...
Katzung Hokanson, Brandon R
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A review of plague persistence with special emphasis on fleas [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2009
Sylvatic plague is highly prevalent during infrequent epizootics that ravage the landscape of western North America. During these periods, plague dissemination is very efficient.
Dean E. Biggins, Jeffrey Wimsatt
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Epizootic Activity and Epidemic Manifestation of Natural Fod of Tularemia in Voronezh Region

open access: yesЭпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2017
Tularemia natural foci were investigated in the 15 districts of the Voronezh region. 1533 small mammals of 11 species were captured in 2011, 2014 and 2015 to identify antigen and/or DNA of tularemia pathogen. In all the studied areas there are continuous
T. V. Mikhaylova   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enzootic plague reduces survival of Mexican woodrats (Neotoma mexicana) in Colorado

open access: yesEcosphere, 2021
Plague is a flea‐vectored disease introduced to North America c. 1900. It is lethal to many American mammal species, causes major die‐offs (epizootics) in some populations, and may be ecologically disruptive even at lower interepizootic (enzootic) levels
Dean E. Biggins   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current ecological understanding of fungal-like pathogens of fish: what lies beneath? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Despite increasingly sophisticated microbiological techniques, and long after the first discovery of microbes, basic knowledge is still lacking to fully appreciate the ecological importance of microbial parasites in fish. This is likely due to the nature
Casey eJessop   +6 more
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Review of the Epizootic and Epidemic Situation regarding Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Russia and Globally in 2025

open access: yesПроблемы особо опасных инфекций
In 2025, high epizootic activity of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) persisted globally, as evidenced by more than 7,000 outbreaks reported in poultry and wild birds across 75 countries, resulting in mortality or culling of birds exceeding
A. I. Enikeeva   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Features of the Biotopic Distribution of Different Species of Small Mammals and their Role in Supporting the Natural Foci of Tularemia in the North-Eastern Part of the Voronezh Region

open access: yesЭпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2015
Different species of small mammals (SM) (539 total), cached in Voronezh region, were examined for antigen and DNA of Francisella tularensis. The basic species of SM involved in circulation of F. tularensis were revealed.
T. V. Mikhaylova   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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