Quantitative Detection of Active Vibrios Associated with White Plague Disease in Mussismilia braziliensis Corals by Moreira, Ana P. B., Garcia, Gizele D., Berlinck, Roberto G. S., Thompson, Cristiane C., Thompson, Fabiano L., Alessandra Chimetto Tonon, Luciane, Thompson, Janelle Renee, Penn, Kevin, Lim, Rachelle A.

“…One of the best-characterized coral pathogens is Vibrio coralliilyticus, an aetilogic agent of White Plague Disease (WPD). We used Mussismilia coral tissue (healthy and diseased specimens) to develop a rapid reproducible detection system for vibrios based on RT-QPCR and SYBR chemistry. …”
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Mussismilia braziliensis White Plague Disease Is Characterized by an Affected Coral Immune System and Dysbiosis by Silva-Lima, A. W, Froes, A. M, Garcia, G. D, Tonon, L. A C, Swings, J., Cosenza, C. A N, Medina, M., Penn, K., Thompson, J. R, Thompson, C. C, Thompson, F. L

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Muhammad Amin Al-Omari: his life and literature by Omar AlTalib

Subjects: “…mosul - the plague disease…”
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Coral disease outbreak at the remote Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico by Michelle A. Johnston, Michael S. Studivan, Michael S. Studivan, Ian C. Enochs, Adrienne M. S. Correa, Nicole Besemer, Ryan J. Eckert, Kimberly Edwards, Ryan Hannum, Xinping Hu, Marissa Nuttall, Kelly O’Connell, Ana M. Palacio-Castro, Ana M. Palacio-Castro, George P. Schmahl, Alexis B. Sturm, Blake Ushijima, Joshua D. Voss

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White plague-like coral disease in remote reefs of the Western Caribbean by Juan A Sánchez, Santiago Herrera, Raúl Navas-Camacho, Alberto Rodríguez-Ramírez, Pilar Herron, Valeria Pizarro, Alison R Acosta, Paula A Castillo, Phanor Montoya, Carlos Orozco

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White plague-like coral disease in remote reefs of the Western Caribbean by Juan A Sánchez, Santiago Herrera, Raúl Navas-Camacho, Alberto Rodríguez-Ramírez, Pilar Herron, Valeria Pizarro, Alison R Acosta, Paula A Castillo, Phanor Montoya, Carlos Orozco

“…We present documentation of a White Plague Disease (WPD) outbreak in the Serrana Bank, an isolated Western Caribbean atoll with presumably inexistent pollutant inputs from local human settlements. …”
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Prevalence of Yersinia pestis among rodents captured in a semi-arid tropical ecosystem of south-western Zimbabwe by Banda Annabel, Gandiwa Edson, Muboko Never, Muposhi Victor K.

“…These results point to a low prevalence of Y. pestis in the study area and the importance of an active plague disease surveillance and monitoring system.…”
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Coral diseases and bleaching on Colombian Caribbean coral reefs by Raúl Navas-Camacho, Diego Luis Gil-Agudelo, Alberto Rodríguez-Ramírez, María Catalina Reyes-Nivia, Jaime Garzón-Ferreira

“…Of the seven reported coral diseases studied, Dark Spots Disease (DSD), and White Plague Disease (WPD) were noteworthy because they occurred in all Caribbean monitored sites, and because of their high interannual infection incidence. …”
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Epitope Binning of Novel Monoclonal Anti F1 and Anti LcrV Antibodies and Their Application in a Simple, Short, HTRF Test for Clinical Plague Detection by Adva Mechaly, Einat B. Vitner, Yinon Levy, David Gur, Moria Barlev-Gross, Assa Sittner, Michal Koren, Haim Levy, Emanuelle Mamroud, Morly Fisher

“…Mouse monoclonal antibodies were raised against plague disease biomarkers: the bacterial capsular protein fraction 1 (F1) and the low-calcium response—LcrV virulence factor (Vag). …”
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The magnitude of the germinal center B cell and T follicular helper cell response predicts long-lasting antibody titers to plague vaccination by Darrell R. Galloway, Nguyen X. Nguyen, Jiahui Li, Nicholas Houston, Gage Gregersen, E. Diane Williamson, Frank W. Falkenberg, James N. Herron, J. Scott Hale

“…The development of a safe and effective vaccine against Yersinia pestis, the causative organism for plague disease, remains an important global health priority. …”
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Akumal ’s reefs: Stony coral communities along the developing Mexican Caribbean coastline by Roshan E Roy

“…Fringing coral reefs along coastlines experiencing rapid development and human population growth have declined worldwide because of human activity and of natural causes.The "Mayan Riviera "in Quintana Roo,México,attracts large numbers of tourists in part because it still retains some of the natural diversity and it is important to obtain baseline information to monitor changes over time in the area.In this paper,the condition of the stony corals in the developing coastline of the Akumal-area fore reefs is characterized at the start of the new millennium at two depths,and along an inferred sedimentation gradient.Transect surveys were conducted in five fringing reefs starting at haphazardly chosen points.with respect to species composition,live cover,colony density,relative exposure to TAS mats and,for one species (Diploria strigosa ,Dana,1848),tissue regression rates in the presence of TAS mats.Fish population density and herbivory rates are also assessed.Data from line intercept transects (n=74)show that live stony coral cover,density and relative peripheral exposure of colonies to turf algal/sediment (TAS)mats were inversely related to an inferred sediment stress gradient at 13m.In 2000, live stony coral cover had decreased by 40-50%at two sites studied in 1990 by Muñoz-Chagín and de la Cruz- Agüero (1993).About half of this loss apparently occurred between 1998 and 2000 during an outbreak of white plague disease that mostly affected Montastraea faveolata ,and M.annularis .At a 13 m site,where inferred sedimentation rates are relatively high,time series photography of tagged Diploria strigosa ,(n=38)showed an average loss of 70 cm 2 of live tissue/coral/year to encroachment by TAS mats during the same period.Whereas densities of carnivorous fishes and herbivores (echinoids,scarids,acanthurids and Microspathodon chrysurus )in 2000 were low in belt transects at 10-19 m (n=106),turf-algal gardening pomacentrids were relatively common on these reefs.Rev.Biol.Trop.52(4):869-881.Epub 2005 Jun 24.…”
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Coral diseases and bleaching on Colombian Caribbean coral reefs by Raúl Navas-Camacho, Diego Luis Gil-Agudelo, Alberto Rodríguez-Ramírez, María Catalina Reyes-Nivia, Jaime Garzón-Ferreira

“…Of the seven reported coral diseases studied, Dark Spots Disease (DSD), and White Plague Disease (WPD) were noteworthy because they occurred in all Caribbean monitored sites, and because of their high interannual infection incidence. …”
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