Analysis of Asia-1 foot-and-mouth disease global spread in 1999–2019 by S. A. Kunikov, S. N. Fomina

“…FMD tends to extensive spread and growing into epidemics. While being a transboundary infection according to the OIE/FAO classification, FMD severely affects the economy and international trade. …”
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Evolution of parasite transmission dispersion by Hannelore MacDonald, Sebastian Bonhoeffer, Roland Regoes

“…The results predict that parasite adaptation to heterogeneous host populations drives high transmission dispersion early in epidemics. Furthermore, parasite adaptation can maintain increased transmission dispersion at endemic equilibria if virulence differs between hosts in a heterogeneous population. …”
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Unreliable information and fear: Barriers to vaccination among IBD patients in China by Jingwen Liu, Zelin Yan, Wen Hu, Shuyan Li, Yan Chen

“…Vaccination plays a crucial role in safeguarding individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from potential epidemics. In light of the resurgence of COVID-19 in China, unvaccinated IBD patients are vulnerable to infection and potentially serious complications. …”
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Human Genomic Loci Important in Common Infectious Diseases: Role of High-Throughput Sequencing and Genome-Wide Association Studies by Gerald Mboowa, Ivan Sserwadda, Marion Amujal, Norah Namatovu

“…Recently, the notion that positive selection during epidemics or longer periods of exposure to common infectious diseases may have had a major effect in modifying the constitution of the human genome is being interrogated at a large scale in many populations around the world. …”
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Decoding Success: The Role of E-Learning Readiness in Linking Technological Skills and Employability in Hospitality Management Graduates by Ibrahim A. Elshaer, Alaa M. S. Azazz, Abuelkassem A. A. Mohammad, Sameh Fayyad

“…Technological advancement alongside global epidemics stimulated the widescale implementation of e-learning. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people living with HIV in Lesotho: a qualitative study by Christian Mallen, Michelle E Robinson, Thomas Shepherd, Maema Ramaema, Moraoetsi Rakuoane, Ntoli Moletsane, Rafiloe Mpholo, Graham Leigh

“…This impact may be worse in low-resource settings, especially those in sub-Saharan Africa, where pandemic impacts may be exacerbated by poverty, limited healthcare access and other health epidemics including HIV. We explored the COVID-19 pandemic impacts on young people living with HIV in Lesotho to understand the experiences of HIV management, well-being, financial stability and education status.Methods Thirty-one semistructured, face-to-face interviews were conducted with young people aged 15–19 years of age living with HIV from eight districts across Lesotho. …”
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Application of Principal Component Analysis as a Prediction Model for Feline Sporotrichosis by Franco Bresolin Pegoraro, Rita Maria Venâncio Mangrich-Rocha, Saulo Henrique Weber, Marconi Rodrigues de Farias, Elizabeth Moreira dos Santos Schmidt

“…Sporotrichosis is a worldwide zoonotic disease that is spreading and causing epidemics in large urban centers. Cats are the most susceptible species to develop the disease, which could cause significant systemic lesions. …”
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Influenza A Virus and Influenza B Virus Can Induce Apoptosis via Intrinsic or Extrinsic Pathways and Also via NF-κB in a Time and Dose Dependent Manner by Ibrahim El-Sayed, Khalid Bassiouny, Aziz Nokaly, Ahmed S. Abdelghani, Wael Roshdy

“…Influenza viruses are able to cause annual epidemics and pandemics due to their mutation rates and reassortment capabilities leading to antigenic shifts and drifts. …”
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Pathogenesis of Severe Clinical Pictures of Influenza A (H1 N1). Some answers and new doubts. by Alfredo Darío Espinosa Brito, Ángel Julio Romero Cabrera

“…This situation may lead the patient to the intensive care unit and could cause his death, although the figures of such cases stay relatively low, in relation to other epidemics of seasonal Influenza. Among those groups are the people between the ages of 10 and 60 years, seemingly healthy, pregnant and postpartum women, and obese and asthmatic patients, but until now a specific medical comorbidity has not been evidenced in the 40 to 50% of the fatal cases. …”
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A data-driven semi-parametric model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the United States. by John M Drake, Andreas Handel, Éric Marty, Eamon B O'Dea, Tierney O'Sullivan, Giovanni Righi, Andrew T Tredennick

“…To support decision-making and policy for managing epidemics of emerging pathogens, we present a model for inference and scenario analysis of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the USA. …”
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A Mathematical Model for the Within-Host Dynamics of Malaria Parasite with Adaptive Immune Responses by Jemal Muhammed Ahmed, Getachew Tashome Tilahun, Shambel Tadesse Degefa

“…Mathematical analysis of epidemics is crucial for long-term disease prediction and helps to guide decision-makers in terms of public health policy. …”
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Weather Variables for Within-Vineyard Awareness of Botrytis Risk by K. J. Evans, A. J. G. Pirie

“…Methods and Results. Descriptors of BBR epidemics from eight site years, 2009–2014, were developed for vine areas of ∼0.5 ha within two regions of Tasmania with different climates. …”
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Zika, a Mosquito-Transmitted Virus by L. Phil Lounibos, Barry W. Alto, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, Cynthia C. Lord, Chelsea T. Smartt, C. Roxanne Rutledge Connelly, Jorge R. Rey

“… Zika is a mosquito-transmitted virus that has spread broadly in tropical regions and caused epidemics, especially in the past 8 to 9 years. In its native range in West Africa and Uganda, the Zika virus stays in the forest for the most part, and human infections are considered incidental and medically inconsequential. …”
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Role of ixodid ticks in tick-borne pathogen spread and circulation in the Belarusian Lakeland by A. A. Osmolovsky, I. A. Subotsina

“…Differences in the numbers of ixodid ticks and the occurrence of genetic markers of tick-borne pathogens in them were found to be associated with ecological characteristics of the examined territories. The following epidemically and epizootically significant ticks contributing to transmissible infection and invasion spread were found in the Belarusian Lakeland: ticks of Ixodes and Dermacentor genera; their frequency index was 70.1 and 29.9%, respectively. …”
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Disruption Risk Analysis of Substitutable Dual Product Supply Chain: A System Dynamics Framework by Jing Ke, Weiqiang Jia, Ye Zhou, Xin Wang

“…Uncertain events such as earthquakes, epidemics, and wars have increased the risk of supply chain disruption. …”
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COVID-19 and the Black Death: Nutrition, frailty, inequity, and mortality by Katherine D. VAN SCHAIK, Sharon N. DeWITTE

“…Such challenges have directed attention to historical epidemics as repositories of data that could contribute to effective public health stra- tegies and prognostic modeling. …”
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The Emerging Roles of the Calcineurin-Nuclear Factor of Activated T-Lymphocytes Pathway in Nervous System Functions and Diseases by Maulilio John Kipanyula, Wahabu Hamisi Kimaro, Paul F. Seke Etet

“…The ongoing epidemics of metabolic diseases and increase in the older population have increased the incidences of neurodegenerative diseases. …”
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Identification of Suitable Natural Inhibitor against Influenza A (H1N1) Neuraminidase Protein by Molecular Docking by Maheswata Sahoo, Lingaraja Jena, Surya Narayan Rath, Satish Kumar

“…There is a need to explore novel anti-viral drugs for overcoming the epidemics. Traditionally, different plant extracts of garlic, ginger, kalmegh, ajwain, green tea, turmeric, menthe, tulsi, etc. have been used as hopeful source of prevention and treatment of human influenza. …”
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Characterization of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Strains Isolated from Hospitalized Patients in Palestine by Regeen Handal, Lulu Qunibi, Ibrahim Sahouri, Maha Juhari, Rula Dawodi, Hiyam Marzouqa, Musa Hindiyeh

“…The American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognizes Acinetobacter baumannii as a source of global outbreaks and epidemics especially due to its increasing resistance to commercially available antibiotics. …”
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A Study on the Dependency Between Selected Global Stock Markets and Gold and Silver Futures by Ozan Kaymak

“…However, negative developments such as economic crises, epidemics, wars, and uncontrolled migrations cause the relations between markets to weaken and a significant number of investors to turn to commodity investments. …”
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