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Morbillivirus in monk seal mass mortality [PDF]

Nature, 1997
We have identified a morbillivirus in organs of Mediterranean monk seals (Monachus monachus), lost during a recent mass die-off. About half of the population of this highly endangered species, which inhabits the Mauritanian coast of West Africa (Cap Blanc), were killed.
Osterhaus, Ab, Groen, J, Niesters, HGM, Bildt, MWG, Martina, Byron, Vedder, L, Vos, JG, van Egmond, H, Ba Abou Sidi, X, Ely Ould Barham, M   +9 more
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Did Mass Privatisation really increase Post-Communist male mortality? [PDF]

, 2010
A recent article in the Lancet, by David Stuckler, Larry King and Martin McKee, investigated anew the fluctuations in adult male mortality rates that have come to characterise the so-called post-communist mortality crisis.
Gerry, Christopher J., Gerry, C.J., Mickiewicz, T.M., Mickiewicz, Tomasz, Nikoloski, Zlatko, Mickiewicz, Tomasz M., Nikoloski, Z.   +6 more
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Mass privatisation and the post-communist mortality crisis: is there really a relationship [PDF]

, 2010
We reexamine the recent, well-publicized claim that "rapid mass privatisation [of state-owned enterprises]... was a crucial determinant of differences in adult mortality trends in post-communist countries" (Stuckler, King and McKee, 2009).
Earle, J.S., Gehlbach, Scott, Gehlbach, S., Earle, John S., Scott Gehlbach, Gehlbach, Scott G., John S. Earle   +6 more
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The 2022 Diadema antillarum die-off event: Comparisons with the 1983-1984 mass mortality

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
The 1983-1984 die-off of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum stands out as a catastrophic marine event because of its detrimental effects on Caribbean coral reefs. Without the grazing activities of this key herbivore, turf and macroalgae became
Alwin Hylkema, Alwin Hylkema, Kimani Kitson-Walters, Kimani Kitson-Walters, Patricia R. Kramer, Joshua T. Patterson, Lynnette Roth, Moriah L. B. Sevier, Maria Vega-Rodriguez, Matthew M. Warham, Stacey M. Williams, Judith C. Lang   +11 more
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In the Wake of the Ongoing Mass Mortality Events: Co-occurrence of Mycobacterium, Haplosporidium and Other Pathogens in Pinna nobilis Collected in Italy and Spain (Mediterranean Sea)

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Following the Mass Mortality Events (MMEs) of the pen shell P. nobilis in Campania region and Sicily, a survey of moribund P. nobilis specimens was also conducted in other Italian regions (Campania, Tuscany, Sardinia, and Apulia) and Spain (Catalunya ...
Francesca Carella, Elisabetta Antuofermo, Elisabetta Antuofermo, Simone Farina, Fulvio Salati, Daniela Mandas, Patricia Prado, Rossella Panarese, Fabio Marino, Eleonora Fiocchi, Tobia Pretto, Gionata De Vico   +11 more
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Sarcopenic obesity and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality: A population-based cohort study of older men [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives To examine associations between sarcopenia, obesity, and sarcopenic obesity and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality in older men. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting British Regional Heart Study.
Morris, RW, Richard W. Morris, Olia Papacosta, Whincup, Peter H, Whincup, PH, Lucy T. Lennon, Morris, Richard W, Papacosta, O, Janice L. Atkins, Atkins, Janice L, Wannamethee, S Goya, Peter H. Whincup, Lennon, Lucy T, S. Goya Wannamethee, Lennon, LT, Wannamethee, SG, Papacosta, Olia, Atkins, JL   +17 more
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A comparative appraisal of the resilience of marine social-ecological systems to mass mortalities of bivalves

Ecology and Society, 2017
In many parts of the world, both wild and cultured populations of bivalves have been struck by mass mortality episodes because of climatic and anthropogenic stressors whose causes and consequences are not always clearly understood.
Patrice Guillotreau, Edward H. Allison, Alida Bundy, Sarah R. Cooley, Omar Defeo, Véronique Le Bihan, Sophie Pardo, R. Ian Perry, George Santopietro, Tetsuo Seki   +9 more
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A widespread picornavirus affects the hemocytes of the noble pen shell (Pinna nobilis), leading to its immunosuppression

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
IntroductionThe widespread mass mortality of the noble pen shell (Pinna nobilis) has occurred in several Mediterranean countries in the past 7 years. Single-stranded RNA viruses affecting immune cells and leading to immune dysfunction have been widely ...
Francesca Carella, Patricia Prado, Gionata De Vico, Dušan Palić, Grazia Villari, José Rafael García-March, José Tena-Medialdea, Emilio Cortés Melendreras, Francisca Giménez-Casalduero, Marco Sigovini, Serena Aceto   +10 more
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After the Fall: The Demographic Destiny of a Gorgonian Population Stricken by Catastrophic Mortality

Oceans, 2021
In recent years, the frequency of mass mortality events in marine ecosystems has increased, and several populations of benthic organism have been affected, reducing their density and changing their size and age structure.
Simona Ruffaldi Santori, Maria Carla Benedetti, Silvia Cocito, Andrea Peirano, Roberta Cupido, Fabrizio Erra, Giovanni Santangelo   +6 more
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Association between BMI measured within a year after diagnosis of type 2 diabetes and mortality [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVE: To describe the association of BMI with mortality in patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Using records of 106,640 patients in Scotland, we investigated the association between BMI recorded around the diagnosis
McKnight, J., Walker, Jeremy J., Morris, A., Sattar, N, Sattar, N., Wild, S., McKnight, J, Philip, Sam, Morris, Andrew, Wild, Sarah, Lindsay, R., Leese, Graham, Walker, JJ, Leese, G, McKnight, John, Group, Scottish Diabetes Research Network Epidemiology, Morris, A, Walker, J.J., Lindsay, Robert, Leese, G., Sattar, Naveed, Logue, J., Philip, S, Logue, J, Wild, Sarah; id_orcid, ?, ?, Logue, Jennifer, Walker, Jeremy J, Philip, S., Lindsay, R, Wild, S   +30 more
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