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Human ectoparasites and the spread of plague in Europe during the Second Pandemic [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018
Significance Plague is infamous as the cause of the Black Death (1347–1353) and later Second Pandemic (14th to 19th centuries CE), when devastating epidemics occurred throughout Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
K. R. Dean, F. Krauer, L. Walløe, O. Lingjærde, B. Bramanti, N. Stenseth, Boris V. Schmid   +6 more
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The Fake News Spreading Plague: Was it Preventable? [PDF]

Web Science Conference, 2017
In 2010, a paper entitled "From Obscurity to Prominence in Minutes: Political Speech and Real-time search" won the Best Paper Prize of the WebSci'10 conference. Among its findings were the discovery and documentation of what was labeled a "Twitter bomb",
Eni Mustafaraj, P. Metaxas
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Epidemiological Characteristics of Human and Animal Plague in Yunnan Province, China, 1950 to 2020

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
This study analyzed the epidemiological characteristics of 3,464 human plague cases and the distribution pattern of 4,968 Yersinia pestis isolates from humans, hosts, and vector insects from 1950 to 2020 among two natural plague foci in Yunnan Province ...
Haonan Han, Yun Liang, Zhizhong Song, Zhaokai He, Ran Duan, Yuhuang Chen, Zihou Gao, Shuai Qin, Junrong Liang, Deming Tang, Dongyue lv, Peng Zhang, Dan Zhang, Huaiqi Jing, Xin Wang   +14 more
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Stone Age Yersinia pestis genomes shed light on the early evolution, diversity, and ecology of plague

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022
Significance The bacterium Yersinia pestis has caused numerous historically documented outbreaks of plague and research using ancient DNA could demonstrate that it already affected human populations during the Neolithic.
Aida Andrades Valtueña, Gunnar U. Neumann, M. Spyrou, L. Musralina, Franziska Aron, A. Beisenov, A. Belinskiy, K. Bos, A. Buzhilova, Matthias Conrad, L. Djansugurova, Miroslav Dobeš, Michal Ernée, J. Fernández-Eraso, B. Frohlich, M. Furmanek, Agata Hałuszko, Svend Hansen, Éadaoin Harney, Alina N. Hiss, Alexander Hübner, F. Key, E. Khussainova, E. Kitov, Alexandra O Kitova, C. Knipper, D. Kühnert, C. Lalueza-Fox, J. Littleton, Ken Massy, Alissa Mittnik, J. A. Mujika-Alustiza, Iñigo Olalde, L. Papac, Sandra Penske, Jaroslav Peška, R. Pinhasi, D. Reich, S. Reinhold, Raphaela Stahl, H. Stäuble, R. Tukhbatova, S. Vasilyev, E. Veselovskaya, Christina G Warinner, P. Stockhammer, W. Haak, J. Krause, A. Herbig   +48 more
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Lessons Learned from and Prospects of Using Mobile Laboratories for Epidemiological Surveillance over Plague, Other Particularly Dangerous, Natural-Focal, Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2021
The review presents the materials on the use of mobile laboratories, developed in the Russian Federation, in the framework of four main areas: monitoring of territories to identify the circulation of pathogens of natural-focal infectious diseases ...
I. N. Sharova, T. Yu. Krasovskaya, E. V. Kazorina, A. V. Kazantsev, M. V. Proskuryakova, V. E. Kuklev, S. A. Shcherbakova, V. V. Kutyrev, R. I. Adilov, E. V. Bulycheva, A. A. Troitskaya, B. L. Agapov, I. S. Akimov, O. L. Balgan, N. A. Chumakova, V. A. Tkachenko, E. A. Glushkov, E. N. Rozhdestvensky, G. Kh. Bazarova, A. I. Mishchenko, G. B. Mukhturgin   +20 more
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No evidence for persistent natural plague reservoirs in historical and modern Europe

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022
Significance Plague killed millions of people during the three pandemics in the past two millennia. Despite much research, it remains unclear whether persistent natural plague reservoirs existed in Europe.
N. Stenseth, Yuxin Tao, Chutian Zhang, B. Bramanti, U. Büntgen, Xianbin Cong, Yujun Cui, Hu Zhou, L. Dawson, S. Mooney, Dong Li, H. Fell, S. Cohn, F. Sebbane, Philip Slavin, Wannian Liang, Howell Tong, Ruifu Yang, Lei Xu   +18 more
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Plague. [PDF]

Tropical diseases bulletin, 1998
Yersinia pestis, the aetiological agent of plague, has in the past caused social devastation on a scale unmatched by other infectious diseases. There is still a public health problem from plague, with at least 2000 cases reported annually. Most of these cases are of the bubonic form.
R W, Titball, S E, Leary
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West Nile Fever: Results of Monitoring over the Causative Agent in the Russian Federation in 2021, the Incidence Forecast for 2022

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2022
The epidemiological situation on West Nile fever (WNF) in Russia in 2021 was characterized by an increase in the incidence relative to 2020 (more than 6-fold increase).
E. V. Putintseva, S. K. Udovichenko, D. N. Nikitin, N. V. Borodai, I. M. Shpak, V. K. Fomina, A. V. Nesgovorova, A. A. Baturin, E. V. Molchanova, D. R. Prilepskaya, E. V. Pimenova, D. V. Viktorov, А. V. Toporkov   +12 more
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Results of Epizootiological Monitoring of Natural Foci for Bacterial Vector-Borne Infections in Caucasian Mineral Waters Region of the Stavropol Territory in 2018–2020

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2022
The aim of the study was to assess the epizootiological situation on bacterial vector-borne infections in Caucasian Mineral Waters area of the Stavropol Territory over the period of 2018–2020.Materials and methods.
O. A. Zaitseva, O. A. Gnusareva, O. V. Vasil’eva, A. S. Volynkina, Yu. V. Siritsa, Yu. A. Alekhina, T. I. Chishenyuk, A. Yu. Gazieva, U. M. Ashibokov, N. A. Davydova, E. V. Lazarenko, N. V. Ermolova, А. N. Kulichenko   +12 more
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Peculiarities of Epidemiological Situation on the West Nile Fever in the Russian Federation in 2020 and Forecast for Its Development in 2021

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2021
The paper presents an analysis of West Nile Fever incidence in the Russian Federation in 2020, summarizes the results and identifies problematic issues of the pathogen monitoring.
E. V. Putintseva, S. K. Udovichenko, N. V. Boroday, D. N. Nikitin, A. А. Baturin, E. V. Molchanova, I. M. Shpak, V. K. Fomina, A. V. Nesgovorova, A. S. Antonov, D. R. Prilepskaya, D. V. Viktorov, A. V. Toporkov   +12 more
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