Assessment of potential invasion for six phytophagous quarantine pests in Taiwan

Quarantine for SARS, Taiwan

During the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan, >150,000 persons were quarantined, 24 of whom were later found to have laboratory-confirmed SARS-coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infection. Since no evidence exists that SARS-CoV is infective before the onset of symptoms and the quarantined persons were exposed but not symptomatic, we thought the quarantine's effectiveness s...

Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests

Name: Xanthomonas translucens pv. translucens (Jones et al.) Vauterin et al. Synonyms: Xanthomonas campestris pv. translucens (Jones et al.) Dye Xanthomonas campestris pv. cerealis (Hagborg) Dye Xanthomonas campestris pv. hordei (Hagborg) Dye Xanthomonas campestris pv. secalis (Reddy et al.) Dye Xanthomonas campestris pv. undulosa (Smith et al.) Dye Taxonomic position: Bacteria: Gracilicutes Co...

.Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests

Name: Citrus blight disease Taxonomic position: Unknown Common names: Young tree decline, sandhill decline, roadside decline, rough lemon decline (English) Declinamiento, marchitamiento repentino (Spanish) Declinio (Portuguese) Notes on taxonomy and nomenclature: Typical citrus blight is the disease known in Florida (USA). More or less similar diseases have been described from other parts of th...

Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests

Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests