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Disease and demographic development: the legacy of the plague [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Economic Growth, 2021
This paper provides an empirical investigation of the hypothesis that population shocks such as the repeated outbreaks of the plague affected the timing of the demographic transition.
Fabian Siuda, U. Sunde
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Plague: A Disease Which Changed the Path of Human Civilization [PDF]

open access: greenAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 2016
Plague caused by Yersinia pestis is a zoonotic infection, i.e., it is maintained in wildlife by animal reservoirs and on occasion spills over into human populations, causing outbreaks of different entities. Large epidemics of plague, which have had significant demographic, social, and economic consequences, have been recorded in Western European ...
Barbara Bramanti   +3 more
semanticscholar   +6 more sources

Plague: A Millenary Infectious Disease Reemerging in the XXI Century [PDF]

open access: yesBioMed Research International, 2017
Plague, in the Middle Ages known as Black Death, continues to occur at permanent foci in many countries, in Africa, Asia, South America, and even the USA.
A. Grácio, M. Grácio
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Modeling the Impact of White-Plague Coral Disease in Climate Change Scenarios

open access: goldPLoS Comput. Biol., 2015
Coral reefs are in global decline, with coral diseases increasing both in prevalence and in space, a situation that is expected only to worsen as future thermal stressors increase.
Assaf Zvuloni   +4 more
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Plague: From Natural Disease to Bioterrorism [PDF]

open access: bronzeBaylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2005
Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of plague, an enzootic vectorborne disease usually infecting rodents (rats) and fleas. Humans can become infected after being bitten by fleas that have fed on infected rodents. In humans, the disease usually occurs in the form of bubonic plague. In rare cases, the infection spreads to the lungs via the bloodstream
Stefan Riedel
openalex   +5 more sources

Potential role of viruses in white plague coral disease [PDF]

open access: yesThe ISME Journal, 2013
White plague (WP)-like diseases of tropical corals are implicated in reef decline worldwide, although their etiological cause is generally unknown. Studies thus far have focused on bacterial or eukaryotic pathogens as the source of these diseases; no ...
N. Soffer   +4 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Comparing Bacterial Community Composition between Healthy and White Plague-Like Disease States in Orbicella annularis Using PhyloChip™ G3 Microarrays

open access: goldPLoS ONE, 2013
Coral disease is a global problem. Diseases are typically named or described based on macroscopic changes, but broad signs of coral distress such as tissue loss or discoloration are unlikely to be specific to a particular pathogen.
Christina A. Kellogg   +6 more
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Disease and Literature. The Plague [PDF]

open access: goldANALES RANM, 2019
Luís María GilCarcedo-García   +1 more
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