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A morbillivirus causing mass mortality in seals [PDF]

Vaccine, 1989
During an outbreak of a serious apparently infectious disease among harbour seals (Phoca vitulina), which started in the Kattegat area in April 1988 and rapidly spread to the North sea, the Wadden sea and the Baltic sea, greater than 17,000 animals died within a period of eight months.
openaire   +2 more sources

A mass mortality event in bats caused by extreme heat: surprising public health challenges

, 2020
Objectives: We examine the public health response to an unprecedented multiple mortality event in bats following an extreme heat event. The main public health risk associated with the event and the environmental clean-up was potential human infection ...
Lea Merone, Richard Gair, Juliet Esmonde, Carlie Thirlwell   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Extreme drought and long‐term vegetation change: Seedling establishment as a bottleneck of grassland recovery

Ecosphere
Extreme events, such as droughts, may severely affect ecosystem structure and functions in the short term. While in a stable climate, ecosystems are expected to recover in the long term, in an era of accelerating climate change, it is a critical question
Andrea Mojzes, Katalin Szitár, Gábor Ónodi, Ildikó Orbán, György Kröel‐Dulay   +4 more
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Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Surf Clams Mesodesma donacium during a Large Bloom of Alexandrium catenella Dinoflagellates Associated to an Intense Shellfish Mass Mortality

Toxins, 2019
In late February 2016, a harmful algal bloom (HAB) of Alexandrium catenella was detected in southern Chiloé, leading to the banning of shellfish harvesting in an extended geographical area (~500 km).
Gonzalo Álvarez, Patricio A. Díaz, Marcos Godoy, Michael Araya, Iranzu Ganuza, Roberto Pino, Francisco Álvarez, José Rengel, Cristina Hernández, Eduardo Uribe, Juan Blanco   +10 more
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Can mass media interventions reduce child mortality?

, 2015
Many people recognise that mass media is important in promoting public health but there have been few attempts to measure how important. An ongoing trial in Burkina Faso (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01517230) is an attempt to bring together the very different
Deboise, Laurent, Cousens, Simon, Ouedraogo, Moctar, Snell, Will, Meda, Nicolas, Head, Roy, Murray, Joanna, Sarrassat, Sophie   +7 more
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Efficacy and Safety Analysis of Roxarestat in Regulating Renal Anemia in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of roxarestat versus recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Methods This was a prospective, open‐label, randomized controlled trial.
Lingling Chen, Junjie Zhu, Qiaonan Ge
wiley   +1 more source

Dietary Protein Intake and Peritoneal Protein Losses in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients lose protein in their waste dialysate, potentially increasing their risk for malnutrition. We wished to determine whether there was any association between losses and dietary protein intake (DPI). Methods DPI was assessed from 24‐h dietary recall using Nutrics software.
Haalah Shaaker, Andrew Davenport
wiley   +1 more source

Ecosystem Services of the Endangered Fan Mussel Pinna nobilis in Greek Coastal Waters: Implications of Population Collapse for Coastal Ecosystem Functioning

Diversity
The protected fan mussel Pinna nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758) is a key ecosystem-engineering species in Mediterranean coastal ecosystems, historically providing important regulating ecosystem services—particularly nutrient removal and shell-based carbon ...
Konstantinos Tsolakos, John A. Theodorou, George Katselis   +2 more
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Experimental Infection of Common Eider Ducklings with Wellfleet Bay Virus, a Newly Characterized Orthomyxovirus

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
Wellfleet Bay virus (WFBV), a novel orthomyxovirus in the genus Quaranjavirus, was first isolated in 2006 from carcasses of common eider (Somateria mollissima) during a mortality event in Wellfleet Bay (Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA) and has ...
Valerie Shearn-Bochsler, Hon Sang Ip, Anne Ballmann, Jeffrey S. Hall, Andrew B. Allison, Jennifer Ballard, Julie C. Ellis, Robert Cook, Samantha E.J. Gibbs, Chris Dwyer   +9 more
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Bacteriophage Cocktail for the Prevention of Multiple-Antibiotic-Resistant and Mono-Phage-Resistant Vibrio coralliilyticus Infection in Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Larvae

Pathogens, 2020
Vibrio coralliilyticus (V. coralliilyticus) is a pathogen that causes mass mortality in marine bivalve hatcheries worldwide. In this study, we used a bacteriophage (phage) cocktail to prevent multiple-antibiotic-resistant (MAR) and phage-resistant (PR) V.
Hyoun Joong Kim, Jin Woo Jun, Sib Sankar Giri, Sang Guen Kim, Sang Wha Kim, Jun Kwon, Sung Bin Lee, Cheng Chi, Se Chang Park   +8 more
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