Plastic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic times
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DOI: 10.1007/s00238-020-01685-1
Abstract: Today, we are all living through difficult moments due to a new virus named COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) which has led to a global pandemic. The infection started in China in November 2019 and has… read more here.
Keywords: plastic surgery; plague; spread; world ... See more keywords
Mussismilia braziliensis White Plague Disease Is Characterized by an Affected Coral Immune System and Dysbiosis
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DOI: 10.1007/s00248-020-01588-5
Abstract: Infectious diseases are one of the major drivers of coral reef decline worldwide. White plague-like disease (WPL) is a widespread disease with a complex etiology that infects several coral species, including the Brazilian endemic species… read more here.
Keywords: plague; disease; immune system; white plague ... See more keywords
eDNA-based crayfish plague monitoring is superior to conventional trap-based assessments in year-round detection probability
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DOI: 10.1007/s10750-017-3408-8
Abstract: The crayfish plague disease agent Aphanomyces astaci is a major threat to European crayfish populations, leading to mass extinctions when spores are transmitted into habitats of native species by infected invasive crayfish species. Current methods… read more here.
Keywords: detection; plague; based crayfish; monitoring ... See more keywords
Oral vaccination against plague using Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2016.03.030
Abstract: Yersinia pestis, the agent of plague, is among the deadliest bacterial pathogens affecting humans, and is a potential biological weapon. Because antibiotic resistant strains of Yersinia pestis have been observed or could be engineered for… read more here.
Keywords: plague; pestis; vaccine; vaccination ... See more keywords
Humoral and cellular immune correlates of protection against bubonic plague by a live Yersinia pseudotuberculosis vaccine.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.11.022
Abstract: Immunization with the live-attenuated Yersinia pseudotuberculosis VTnF1 strain producing a Yersinia pestis F1 pseudocapsule efficiently protects mice against bubonic and pneumonic plague. In clinical trials, demonstration of a plague vaccine's efficacy in humans will not… read more here.
Keywords: protection; correlates protection; plague; humoral cellular ... See more keywords
Robust Th1 cellular and humoral responses generated by the Yersinia pestis rF1-V subunit vaccine formulated to contain an agonist of the CD137 pathway do not translate into increased protection against pneumonic plague.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.07.103
Abstract: Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of plague and is a re-emerging pathogen that also has the potential as a biological weapon, necessitating the development of a preventive vaccine. Despite intense efforts for the last… read more here.
Keywords: protection; plague; th1 cellular; pneumonic plague ... See more keywords
Single-dose intranasal subunit vaccine rapidly clears secondary sepsis in a high-dose pneumonic plague infection.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.01.040
Abstract: Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, has killed millions throughout human history. Though public health initiatives have reduced the number of plague cases, it remains endemic in many areas of the world. It also… read more here.
Keywords: plague; pestis; tmv; histopathology ... See more keywords
A ‘Suitable Soil’: Plague’s Urban Breeding Grounds at the Dawn of the Third Pandemic
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DOI: 10.1017/mdh.2017.32
Abstract: A pressing question during the first half-decade of the third plague pandemic (1894–9) was what was a ‘suitable soil’ for the disease. The question related to plague’s perceived ability to disappear from a given city… read more here.
Keywords: soil plague; plague; suitable soil; urban breeding ... See more keywords
The “Plague of Cyprian”: A revised view of the origin and spread of a 3rd-c. CE pandemic
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DOI: 10.1017/s1047759421000349
Abstract: Abstract Kyle Harper's article on the “Plague of Cyprian” that appeared in this journal in 2015 constitutes the only comprehensive study to date of this important disease outbreak in the third quarter of the 3rd… read more here.
Keywords: cyprian revised; revised view; plague; plague cyprian ... See more keywords
Henry Foe's dilemma
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DOI: 10.1017/s1744552321000604
Abstract: In 1722, Daniel Defoe published A Journal of the Plague Year – a supposed account of the ‘great plague’ of 1665. It is commonly thought to be one of his most incisive pieces of ‘realist’… read more here.
Keywords: henry foe; journal; foe dilemma; plague ... See more keywords
Integrative approach using Yersinia pestis genomes to revisit the historical landscape of plague during the Medieval Period
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1812865115
Abstract: Significance While our knowledge of modern plague reservoirs and their hosts is extensive, we have little to no knowledge about the origin of the Medieval plague pandemics or the routes of transmission involved in their… read more here.
Keywords: medieval period; plague; pestis; yersinia pestis ... See more keywords