BACKGROUND Vibrio parahaemolyticus, the leading cause of seafood-associated gastroenteritis in the United States, typically is associated with the consumption of raw oysters gathered from warm-water estuaries. We describe a recognized outbreak of V. parahaemolyticus infection associated with the consumption of seafood from Alaska. METHODS After we received reports of the occurrence of gastroe...

The pest catastrophe prediction in ecology catastrophe is one of important part in expert system of intelligence agriculture for prevent and control pest catastrophe occurrence efficiently. The paper introduces the basic principles and methods of current catastrophe prediction in ecology. By modeling for the dynamic process of population, up-grown and amount of spawn, the paper finds out the tr...

Since the now-famous storm of September 1999, the name "Floyd" has taken on new associations for many people in eastern North Carolina: devastation and environmental catastrophe. On 12 November 1999, representatives from state and federal agencies and local universities met on the NIEHS campus in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, to discuss the environmental health implications of the flo...

The Aral Sea was once the fourth largest inland body of water on earth with a surface area of 66,000 km. In 1960, the mean water level was 53.4 m and it contained 1090 km of water (Glantz 1999). The destruction of the sea and its ecosystems constitutes one of the greatest man-made environmental disasters in history. The ecological catastrophe has been associated with a sharp decline in the heal...

The purpose of the authors' research was to assess the current status of county and city environmental health service delivery in California with the aim of providing a foundation for informed decision making about environmental health service delivery. Standardized interviews were conducted from March 2005 to May 2005 with 55 (88 percent) of the 62 county and city directors of environmental he...

Catastrophe for Central America? Jorge A. Huete-Perez,†,∥,* Jose G. Tundisi,‡ and Pedro J. J. Alvarez†,§ †Academy of Sciences of Nicaragua and University of Central America, UCA, Rotonda R. Dario 150 mts Oeste, Apartado 69, Managua, Nicaragua ‡International Institute of Ecology. Saõ Carlos, Brazil. Rua Bento Carlos 750, Saõ Carlos, Saõ Paulo, 13560-660 Brazil Department of Civil & Environmental...

Technological innovation and private entrepreneurship are 'change-makers' increasingly counted upon to avert social and environmental crisis. However, as crisis deepens into the possibility of catastrophe, given the likes of resource wars and climate change, the quest for solutions is morphing into a requirement for near-salvation. The situation is an odd one. Messianic hopes are being invested...

H u m a n class I major histocompatibility complex allele HLA-B27 is associated with a group of human diseases called "spondyloarthropathies." Studies on transgenic rats expressing HLA-B27 and human 132-microglobulin have confirmed the role of HLA-B27 in disease pathogenesis. Here we report spontaneous inflammatory arthritis in HLA-B27 transgenic mice lacking 132microglobulin (B27+132m-/-). In ...