Plague circulation and population genetics of the reservoir Rattus rattus: the influence of topographic relief on the distribution of the disease within the Madagascan focus. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013 BACKGROUND:Landscape may affect the distribution of infectious diseases by influencing the population density and dispersal of hosts and vectors. Plague (Yersinia pestis infection) is a highly virulent, re-emerging disease, the ecology of which has been ...
Carine Brouat +7 more
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Quantitative Detection of Active Vibrios Associated with White Plague Disease in Mussismilia braziliensis Corals. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2017 Over recent decades several coral diseases have been reported as a significant threat to coral reef ecosystems causing the decline of corals cover and diversity around the world.
Chimetto Tonon LA +8 more
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A Comprehensive Review on Crustaceans' Immune System With a Focus on Freshwater Crayfish in Relation to Crayfish Plague Disease. [PDF]
Front Immunol, 2021 Freshwater crayfish immunity has received great attention due to the need for urgent conservation. This concern has increased the understanding of the cellular and humoral defense systems, although the regulatory mechanisms involved in these processes ...
Bouallegui Y.
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Identification of Risk Factors Associated with Transmission of Plague Disease in Eastern Zambia. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2017 Plague is a fatal, primarily rodent-flea-borne zoonotic disease caused by Yersinia pestis. The identification of risk factors of plague was investigated through questionnaire interview and conducting focus group discussion (FGD) in Sinda and Nyimba ...
Nyirenda SS +4 more
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Ecosystems and People, 2022 This study investigated the level of awareness and practices of local communities on Yersinia pestis plague disease in Nkayi and Umzingwane districts, south-western Zimbabwe.
Annabel Banda +4 more
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The Effect of Seasonal Weather Variation on the Dynamics of the Plague Disease
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 2017 Plague is a historic disease which is also known to be the most devastating disease that ever occurred in human history, caused by gram-negative bacteria known as Yersinia pestis.
Rigobert C. Ngeleja +2 more
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A non-stationary relationship between global climate phenomena and human plague incidence in Madagascar. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 BackgroundPlague, a zoonosis caused by Yersinia pestis, is found in Asia and the Americas, but predominantly in Africa, with the island of Madagascar reporting almost one third of human cases worldwide.
Katharina S Kreppel +6 more
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A Decade of Plague in Mahajanga, Madagascar: Insights into the Global Maritime Spread of Pandemic Plague [PDF]
mBio, 2013 A cluster of human plague cases occurred in the seaport city of Mahajanga, Madagascar, from 1991 to 1999 following 62 years with no evidence of plague, which offered insights into plague pathogen dynamics in an urban environment.
Amy J. Vogler +8 more
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Eighteenth century Yersinia pestis genomes reveal the long-term persistence of an historical plague focus [PDF]
eLife, 2016 The 14th–18th century pandemic of Yersinia pestis caused devastating disease outbreaks in Europe for almost 400 years. The reasons for plague’s persistence and abrupt disappearance in Europe are poorly understood, but could have been due to either the ...
Kirsten I Bos +16 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 ContextA disease can be a source of disturbance, causing population declines or extirpations, altering species interactions, and affecting habitat structure.
Krystal M Keuler +3 more
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