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Spread of Plague Among Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs Is Associated With Colony Spatial Characteristics [PDF]

, 2011
Sylvatic plague (Yersinia pestis) is an exotic pathogen that is highly virulent in black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) and causes widespread colony losses and individual mortality rates \u3e95%. We investigated colony spatial characteristics
Collinge, Sharon K., Cully, Jack, Jr., Frey, Christopher, Johnson, Tammi L., Ray, Chris, Sandercock, Brett   +5 more
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Results of reconnaissance epizootiological monitoring for West Nile fever in certain regions of European Russia and the Urals in 2024

Журнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологии
Introduction. Climate warming contributes to the intensification of epizootic and epidemic processes of West Nile fever (WNF). In southern Russia, the activity of the epizootic process is recorded annually, but in the central region of the European part ...
Natalia V. Borodai, Anna V. Nesgovorova, Aina K. Mendygalieva, Anna Yu. Koloskova, Svetlana K. Udovichenko, Nikolay A. Zarubin, Stanislav A. Kargashin, Yevgeny A. Gusev, Artem A. Baturin, Irina A. Khabarova, Elena V. Putintseva, Andrey V. Toporkov   +11 more
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Anthrax in the Russian Federation in 2023 or in other words, «the same old story»

Журнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологии
Introduction. The current anthrax situation in Russia is characterized by instability. In 2023, there was an increase in the number of infection outbreaks compared to the long-term average (for five years).
Alexandr N. Kulichenko, Alla G. Ryazanova, Fedor V. Logvin, Evgeny I. Eremenko, Lyudmila Yu. Aksenova, Sergey V. Pisarenko, Olga V. Semenova, Diana K. Gerasimenko, Dmitry A. Kovalev, Tatyana M. Golovinskaya, Olga V. Bobrysheva, Grigorii A. Pechkovskii, Kseniya A. Oleynikova, Anna V. Nikitina   +13 more
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Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever: Ecologic and Epizootic Role of the Corvidae Family

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2008
The role of birds in the circulation of the virus of Congo-Crimean hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is described in the paper. Investigation of 758 samples of birds revealed the virus CCHF antigen to be present in 19 (2.51 % ± 0.57) rooks' samples. Corvidae were
S. Yu. Vodyanitskaya, E. A. Moskvitina, N. L. Pichurina, A. V. Zabashta, I. V. Orekhov, B. N. Mishan’kin, S. O. Vodopyanov, I. Yu. Suchkov   +7 more
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Management of Diagnostic Investigations at the Premises of Specialized Anti-Epidemic Team Mobile Complex at the Time of Running Mass Events

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2014
Laboratory support of epidemiological surveillance plays a significant role in the provision of sanitary-epidemiological welfare of the population at the time of preparations to and carrying out public events.
E. S. Kazakova, S. A. Portenko, I. N. Sharova, I. G. Karnaukhov, T. Yu. Krasovskaya, V. E. Kuklev, E. V. Naidenova, E. A. Bil’Ko, I. A. Kas’Yan, S. A. Shcherbakova, A. V. Toporkov   +10 more
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Crisis as a plague on organisation: Defoe and A Journal of the Plague Year [PDF]

, 2019
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to enrich the understanding of current models of organisational response to crises and offer additional perspectives on some of these models.
Hindley, C., Hindley, C., Knowles, D., Knowles, D., Ruth, D., Ruth, D.   +5 more
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Structural and functional characterization of chitinase from carnivorous plant Drosera adelae

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
A class I chitinase from the carnivorous plant Drosera adelae was expressed and purified using a yeast system, revealing high enzymatic activity. Structural analyses of the catalytic and chitin‐binding domains identified key tyrosine residues involved in substrate binding, offering insights into the enzyme's adaptation for insect digestion.
Kazunari Yoneda, Yuki Naruse, Yusaku Suizu, Tomohiro Araki, Yoshikazu Hoshi, Haruhiko Sakuraba, Junji Hayashi, Toshihisa Ohshima   +7 more
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Immunobiological Characteristics of Cholera Toxin B-Subunit

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2012
Carried out was immunobiological evaluation of cholera toxin B subunit preparations obtained using different experimental and production methods. It was demonstrated that B subunit preparations were non-toxic for biomodels and did not cause significant ...
S. N. Klyueva, T. N. Shchukovskaya, T. P. Shmel’Kova, A. L. Kravtsov, S. A. Bugorkova, N. I. Smirnova, O. A. Volokh, T. L. Zakharova, N. I. Belyakova, S. A. Eremin, A. K. Nikiforov   +10 more
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Intraspecific Differentiation of Francisella tularensis Strains Using Multilocus Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2023
The aim of the study was to develop a method for intraspecific differentiation of the tularemia microbe: subspecies tularensis (subpopulations AI and AII), holarctica (biovars japonica, EryS/R), mediasiatica, and novicida using multilocus real-time PCR ...
N. A. Osina, D. A. Sitmbetov, E. G. Bulgakova, S. S. Chekmareva, E. V. Sazanova, A. M. Senichkina, O. Yu. Lyashova, A. V. Osin, S. A. Shcherbakova   +8 more
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Whip, Whipped, and Doctors: Homer\u27s Illiad and Camus\u27 The Plague [PDF]

, 1994
Albert Camus in The Plague gives a pressing, pitilessly clear description of plague conditions:\u27 We are all locked in a city. The gates are closed. The plague rages inside. The only question is, who will die first?
Saffire, Paula
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