In early 2014 an outbreak of a slightly mutated Zaire Ebola subtype appeared in West Africa which is less virulent than 1976 and 1994 strains. The numbers of cases per year appear to be ~ 1000 times larger than the earlier strains, suggesting a greatly enhanced transmissibility. Although the fraction of the 2014 spike glycoprotein mutations is very small (~3%), the mortality is significantly re...

Survival, growth and pathology of juvenile oysters, Crassostrea virginica, in off-bottom culture at Oyster Bay and Fishers Island, New York, were monitored during the summer of 1991 to document and help explain the episodic mass mortalities of cultured seed oysters that have occurred in the northeastern USA over the past several years. At Oyster Bay, where the more detailed study was conducted,...

Background: There are many reports from different parts of the world addressing different aspects of surgical mortality. However, none has been done in this centre as it relates to orthopaedics and trauma admissions. Such data are invaluable to health planning and epidemiological monitoring. Objective: To retrospectively review all mortalities arising from orthopaedics and trauma admission as t...

Objective-To study mortality among 1785 employees of a factory that produced cellulose triacetate film base at Brantham in the United Kingdom. Also, to investigate patterns of mortality after exposure to methylene chloride; in particular, mortality from liver and biliary tract cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Subjects and methods-All male employees with a reco...

OBJECTIVES To assess heat related mortalities in relation to climate within Europe. DESIGN Observational population study. SETTING North Finland, south Finland, Baden-Württemberg, Netherlands, London, north Italy, and Athens. SUBJECTS People aged 65-74. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Mortalities at temperatures above, below, and within each region's temperature band of minimum mortality. RESUL...

J. Econ. Entomo!. 89(6): 1364-1371 (1996) ABSTRACT The concentration-mortality responses of 6-8 populations of Plutella xylostella (L.) from leaf-dip bioassays were compared with the mortality of larvae caused by residues of ' field applications of Badllus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki Berliner (Javelin Wettable Granules 6.4% [AI]), and mortality of larvae in 3 diagnostic concentrations of Jave...