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Farinha F, Barreira S, Couto M, Cunha M, Fonseca D, Freitas R, Inês L, Luís M, Macieira C, Prata AR, Rodrigues J, Santos B, Torres R, Pepper RJ, Rahman A, Santos MJ. Risk of chronic kidney disease in 260 patients with lupus nephritis-analysis of a nationwide multicentre cohort with up to 35 years of follow-up. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2024:keae236. [PMID: 38648778 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keae236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVES To compare proliferative (PLN) and membranous (MLN) lupus nephritis (LN) regarding clinical and laboratory presentation and long-term outcomes; To investigate predictors of progression to chronic kidney disease (CKD). METHODS Multicentre observational study, with retrospective analysis of a prospective cohort, using data from the Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Registry-Reuma.pt. Patients with biopsy-proven PLN, MLN and mixed LN were included. Cox regression survival analysis was used to investigate predictors of CKD. RESULTS 260 patients were included. Median follow-up was 8 years (IQR 11; minimum 1, maximum 35 years). MLN patients presented with significantly lower serum creatinine (0.70 (IQR 0.20; minimum 0.50, maximum 1.30) mg/dl vs 0.80 (IQR 0.31; minimum 0.26, maximum 2.60) in PLN, p= 0.003). Proteinuria levels did not differ between groups (p= 0.641). Levels of complement were reduced in PLN but nearly normal in MLN patients, and there were fewer patients with positive anti-dsDNA antibodies in the MLN group (p< 0.001). One year after the beginning of treatment, 62% of the patients achieved EULAR/ERA-EDTA complete response, with further 5% achieving partial response. Patients with lower proteinuria at diagnosis were more likely to achieve a complete renal response at one year, however, proteinuria at diagnosis or at one year did not predict long term CKD. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≤75 mL/min/1.73 m2 at one year was the strongest predictor of progression to CKD (HR 23 [95% CI 8-62], p< 0.001). Other possible predictors included the use of azathioprine for induction of remission, older age at diagnosis and male sex. CONCLUSION Proteinuria levels did not predict LN histologic class in our cohort. eGFR cutoff of 75 mL/min/1.73 m2 after one year of treatment was strongly predictive of progression to CKD.
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- Filipa Farinha
- Centre for Rheumatology, University College of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Serviço de Reumatologia e Doenças Ósseas Metabólicas, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia e Doenças Ósseas Metabólicas, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga, EPE, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental-Hospital Egas Moniz, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centre for Nephrology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Rheumatology, University College of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
- Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Hellamand P, van de Sande MGH, Ørnbjerg LM, Klausch T, Eklund KK, Relas H, Santos MJ, Vieira-Sousa E, Loft AG, Glintborg B, Østergaard M, Lindström U, Wallman JK, Michelsen B, Fagerli KM, Castrejón I, Gudbjornsson B, Love TJ, Vencovský J, Nekvindová L, Rotar Ž, Tomšič M, Díaz-González F, Kenar G, Tuğsal HY, Iannone F, Ramonda R, Codreanu C, Mogosan C, Nissen MJ, Möller B, Hetland ML, van der Horst-Bruinsma IE. Sex Differences in the Effectiveness of First-Line Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in Psoriatic Arthritis: Results From the European Spondyloarthritis Research Collaboration Network. Arthritis Rheumatol 2024; 76:587-598. [PMID: 37975166 DOI: 10.1002/art.42758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Women with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) may have reduced tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) effectiveness compared to men. We examined sex differences in treatment response and retention rates during 24 months of follow-up among patients with PsA initiating their first TNFi. METHODS Data from patients with PsA across 13 European Spondyloarthritis Research Collaboration Network registries starting their first TNFi were pooled. Logistic regression was used to analyze the association between sex and treatment response using low disease activity (LDA) according to the Disease Activity Score in 28 joints using the C-reactive protein level (DAS28-CRP) (<3.2) at six months as the primary outcome. Analyses were adjusted for age, country, conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug treatment, and TNFi start year. Retention rates were explored using the Kaplan-Meier estimator. RESULTS We analyzed the treatment response of 7,679 patients with PsA (50% women) with available data on LDA at six months. At baseline, women and men had similar characteristics, including mean DAS28-CRP (women vs men, 4.4 [SD 1.2] vs 4.2 [SD 1.2]), though patient-reported outcome measures were worse in women. At six months, 64% of women and 78% of men had LDA (relative risk [RR] 0.82; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.80-0.84). This difference was similar after adjustment (RR 0.83; 95% CI 0.81-0.85). TNFi retention rates were evaluated in 17,842 patients with PsA. Women had significantly lower retention rates than men at all time points (women 79%, 64%, and 50% vs men 88%, 77%, and 64% at 6, 12, and 24 months, respectively). CONCLUSION Despite comparable disease characteristics at baseline, women with PsA have reduced treatment response and retention rates to their first TNFi, highlighting the need to consider sex differences in PsA research and management.
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- Pasoon Hellamand
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- DANBIO and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo and Sørlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Landspitali University Hospital and University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Landspitali University Hospital and University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Institute of Rheumatology and Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- University Medical Centre Ljubljana and University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- DANBIO and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Ørnbjerg LM, Rugbjerg K, Georgiadis S, Rasmussen SH, Jacobsson L, Loft AG, Iannone F, Fagerli KM, Vencovsky J, Santos MJ, Möller B, Pombo-Suarez M, Rotar Z, Gudbjornsson B, Cefle A, Eklund K, Codreanu C, Jones G, van der Sande M, Wallman JK, Sebastiani M, Michelsen B, Závada J, Nissen MJ, Sanchez-Piedra C, Tomšič M, Love TJ, Relas H, Mogosan C, Hetland ML, Østergaard M. Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) and PRO Remission Rates in 12,262 Biologic-Naïve Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis Treated With Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in Routine Care. J Rheumatol 2024; 51:378-389. [PMID: 38224992 DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.2023-0764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate patient-reported outcomes (PROs) after initiation of tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) treatment in European real-world patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Further, to investigate PRO remission rates across treatment courses, registries, disease duration, sex, and age at disease onset. METHODS Visual analog scale or numerical rating scale scores for pain, fatigue, patient global assessment (PtGA), and the Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI) from 12,262 patients with PsA initiating a TNFi in 13 registries were pooled. PRO remission rates (pain ≤ 1, fatigue ≤ 2, PtGA ≤ 2, and HAQ-DI ≤ 0.5) were calculated for patients still on the treatment. RESULTS For the first TNFi, median pain score was reduced by approximately 50%, from 6 to 3, 3, and 2; as were fatigue scores, from 6 to 4, 4, and 3; PtGA scores, from 6 to 3, 3, and 2; and HAQ-DI scores, from 0.9 to 0.5, 0.5, and 0.4 at baseline, 6, 12, and 24 months, respectively. Six-month Lund Efficacy Index (LUNDEX)-adjusted remission rates for pain, fatigue, PtGA, and HAQ-DI scores were 24%, 31%, 36%, and 43% (first TNFi); 14%, 19%, 23%, and 29% (second TNFi); and 9%, 14%, 17%, and 20% (third TNFi), respectively. For biologic-naïve patients with disease duration < 5 years, 6-month LUNDEX-adjusted remission rates for pain, fatigue, PtGA, and HAQ-DI scores were 22%, 28%, 33%, and 42%, respectively. Corresponding rates for patients with disease duration > 10 years were 27%, 32%, 41%, and 43%, respectively. Remission rates were 33%, 40%, 45%, and 56% for men and 17%, 23%, 24%, and 32% for women, respectively. For patients aged < 45 years at diagnosis, 6-month LUNDEX-adjusted remission rate for pain was 29% vs 18% for patients ≥ 45 years. CONCLUSION In 12,262 biologic-naïve patients with PsA, 6 months of treatment with a TNFi reduced pain by approximately 50%. Marked differences in PRO remission rates across treatment courses, registries, disease duration, sex, and age at onset of disease were observed, emphasizing the potential influence of factors other than disease activity on PROs.
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- Lykke M Ørnbjerg
- L.M. Ørnbjerg, MD, PhD, K. Rugbjerg, MSc, PhD, S. Georgiadis, MSc, PhD, S.H. Rasmussen, MSc, PhD, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark;
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- L.M. Ørnbjerg, MD, PhD, K. Rugbjerg, MSc, PhD, S. Georgiadis, MSc, PhD, S.H. Rasmussen, MSc, PhD, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- L.M. Ørnbjerg, MD, PhD, K. Rugbjerg, MSc, PhD, S. Georgiadis, MSc, PhD, S.H. Rasmussen, MSc, PhD, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- L.M. Ørnbjerg, MD, PhD, K. Rugbjerg, MSc, PhD, S. Georgiadis, MSc, PhD, S.H. Rasmussen, MSc, PhD, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- L. Jacobsson, MD, PhD, Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- A.G. Loft, MD, PhD, The DANBIO registry and Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- F. Iannone, MD, PhD, DETO - Rheumatology Unit, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- K.M. Fagerli, MD, PhD, Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- J. Vencovsky, MD, DSc, J. Závada, MD, PhD, Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- M.J. Santos, MD, PhD, Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Rheumatology Research Unit, Faculdade de Medicina, Lisboa, and Reuma.pt, Portugal
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- B. Möller, MD, Department for Rheumatology and Immunology, Inselspital - University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- M. Pombo-Suarez, MD, PhD, Rheumatology Department, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Z. Rotar, MD, PhD, M. Tomšič, MD, PhD, Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- B. Gudbjornsson, MD, PhD, Centre for Rheumatology Research, Landspitali University Hospital (ICEBIO), and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
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- A. Cefle, MD, TURKBIO Registry and Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
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- K. Eklund, MD, PhD, H. Relas, MD, PhD, ROB-FIN, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation Center, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- C. Codreanu, MD, PhD, RRBR, C. Mogosan, MD, PhD, RRBR, Center for Rheumatic Diseases, University of Medicine Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- G. Jones, PhD, BSRBR-AS and Aberdeen Centre for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- M. van der Sande, MD, PhD, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, and Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam Institute for Infection & Immunity, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- J.K. Wallman, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- M. Sebastiani, MD, PhD, Rheumatology Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- B. Michelsen, MD, PhD, Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, and Research Unit, Sørlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway, and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- J. Vencovsky, MD, DSc, J. Závada, MD, PhD, Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- M.J. Nissen, MD, PhD, Department of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- C. Sanchez-Piedra, MD, PhD, Spanish Agency of Health Technology Assessment, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Z. Rotar, MD, PhD, M. Tomšič, MD, PhD, Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- T.J. Love, MD, PhD, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, and Department of Science, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland
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- K. Eklund, MD, PhD, H. Relas, MD, PhD, ROB-FIN, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation Center, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- C. Codreanu, MD, PhD, RRBR, C. Mogosan, MD, PhD, RRBR, Center for Rheumatic Diseases, University of Medicine Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- M.L. Hetland, MD, PhD, DMSc, M. Østergaard, MD, PhD, DMSc, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- M.L. Hetland, MD, PhD, DMSc, M. Østergaard, MD, PhD, DMSc, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Lauper K, Mongin D, Bergstra SA, Choquette D, Codreanu C, Gottenberg JE, Kubo S, Hetland ML, Iannone F, Kristianslund EK, Kvien TK, Lukina G, Mariette X, Nordström DC, Pavelka K, Pombo-Suarez M, Rotar Z, Santos MJ, Tanaka Y, Turesson C, Courvoisier DS, Finckh A, Gabay C. Oral glucocorticoid use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis initiating TNF-inhibitors, tocilizumab or abatacept: Results from the international TOCERRA and PANABA observational collaborative studies. Joint Bone Spine 2024; 91:105671. [PMID: 38042363 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2023.105671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate and compare the use of oral glucocorticoids with three classes of bDMARDs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS We included patients from 13 observational registries treated with a TNF-inhibitor, abatacept or tocilizumab and with available information on the use of oral glucocorticoids. The main outcome was oral glucocorticoid withdrawal. A McNemar test was used to analyse the change in the use of glucocorticoids after 1 year. Kaplan-Meier estimates and Cox regressions, adjusted for patient, treatment, and disease characteristics, were used to evaluate glucocorticoid discontinuation in patients with glucocorticoids at baseline. Because of heterogeneity, analyses were done by registers and pooled using random-effects meta-analysis. RESULTS A total of 12,334 participants treated with TNF-inhibitors, 2100 with tocilizumab and 3229 with abatacept were included. At one-year, oral glucocorticoid use decreased in all treatment groups (odds ratio for stopping vs. starting of 2.19 [95% CI 1.58; 3.04] for TNF-inhibitors, 2.46 [1.39; 4.35] for tocilizumab; 1.73 [1.25; 2.21] for abatacept). Median time to glucocorticoid withdrawal was ≈2 years or more in most countries, with a gradual decrease over time. Compared to TNF-inhibitors, crude hazard ratios of glucocorticoid discontinuation were 0.65[0.48-0.87] for abatacept, and 1.04 [0.76-1.43] for tocilizumab, and adjusted hazard ratios were 1.1 [0.83-1.47] for abatacept, and 1.30 [0.96-1.78] for tocilizumab. CONCLUSION After initiation of a bDMARD, glucocorticoid use decreased similarly in all treatment groups. However, glucocorticoid withdrawal was much slower than advocated by current international guidelines. More effort should be devoted to glucocorticoid tapering when low disease activity is achieved.
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- Kim Lauper
- Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals and Geneva Centre for Inflammation Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Centre for Epidemiology versus Arthritis, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, M13 9PT Manchester, United Kingdom.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals and Geneva Centre for Inflammation Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institut de rhumatologie de Montréal, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Center of Rheumatic Diseases, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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- CNRS, Institut de biologie moléculaire et cellulaire, immunopathologie, et chimie thérapeutique, Strasbourg University Hospital and University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- DANBIO and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- ARBITER, Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Rheumatology Department, centre de recherche en Immunologie des infections virales et des maladies auto-immunes, hôpital Bicêtre, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, université Paris-Saclay, Inserm, CEA, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Departments of Medicine and Rheumatology, Helsinki University Hospital and Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland; ROB-FIN
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- Institute of Rheumatology and Rheumatology Clinic of Medical faculty Charles university
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- Rheumatology Unit, Clinical University Hospital, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- biorx.si, Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
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- University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals and Geneva Centre for Inflammation Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals and Geneva Centre for Inflammation Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals and Geneva Centre for Inflammation Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Linde L, Ørnbjerg LM, Georgiadis S, H. Rasmussen S, Lindström U, Askling J, Michelsen B, Di Giuseppe D, Wallman JK, Gudbjornsson B, Love TJ, Nordström DC, Yli-Kerttula T, Nekvindová L, Vencovský J, Iannone F, Cauli A, Loft AG, Glintborg B, Laas K, Rotar Z, Tomšič M, Macfarlane GJ, Möller B, van de Sande M, Codreanu C, Nissen MJ, Birlik M, Erten S, Santos MJ, Vieira-Sousa E, Hetland ML, Østergaard M. Predictors of DAPSA28 remission in patients with psoriatic arthritis initiating a first TNF inhibitor: results from 13 European registries. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2024; 63:751-764. [PMID: 37314967 PMCID: PMC10907817 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES In bio-naïve patients with PsA initiating a TNF inhibitor (TNFi), we aimed to identify baseline predictors of Disease Activity index for PsA in 28 joints (DAPSA28) remission (primary objective) and DAPSA28 moderate response at 6 months, as well as drug retention at 12 months across 13 European registries. METHODS Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics were retrieved and the three outcomes investigated per registry and in pooled data, using logistic regression analyses on multiply imputed data. In the pooled cohort, selected predictors that were either consistently positive or negative across all three outcomes were defined as common predictors. RESULTS In the pooled cohort (n = 13 369), 6-month proportions of remission, moderate response and 12-month drug retention were 25%, 34% and 63% in patients with available data (n = 6954, n = 5275 and n = 13 369, respectively). Five common baseline predictors of remission, moderate response and 12-month drug retention were identified across all three outcomes. The odds ratios (95% CIs) for DAPSA28 remission were: age, per year: 0.97 (0.96-0.98); disease duration, years (<2 years as reference): 2-3 years: 1.20 (0.89-1.60), 4-9 years: 1.42 (1.09-1.84), ≥10 years: 1.66 (1.26-2.20); men vs women: 1.85 (1.54-2.23); CRP of >10 vs ≤10 mg/l: 1.52 (1.22-1.89) and 1 mm increase in patient fatigue score: 0.99 (0.98-0.99). CONCLUSION Baseline predictors of remission, response and adherence to TNFi therapy were identified, of which five were common for all three outcomes, indicating that the predictors emerging from our pooled cohort may be considered generalizable from country level to disease level.
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- Louise Linde
- Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Denmark
- DANBIO Registry, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Denmark
- DANBIO Registry, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Denmark
- DANBIO Registry, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Denmark
- Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Research Unit, Sørlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Centre for Rheumatology Research, Landspitali, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Department for Science and Research, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Departments of Medicine and Rheumatology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Rheumatology, Satakunta Central Hospital, Rauma, Finland
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, AOU and University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
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- Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Denmark
- DANBIO Registry, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Aberdeen Centre for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Department for Rheumatology and Immunology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, on behalf of the Swiss Clinical Quality Management for Rheumatic Diseases, SCQM, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology and Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam Institute for Infection & Immunity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center (ARC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Rheumatic Diseases, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romanian Registry of Rheumatic Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Rheumatology, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
- Reuma.pt, Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Rheumatology, Hospital de Santa Maria, CHULN, Instituto Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Duarte AC, Fernandes BM, Bernardes M, Tenazinha C, Martins P, Mazeda C, Mendes B, Guimarães F, Gago L, Correia AM, Valido A, Silva L, Brites L, Meirinhos T, Araújo F, Nero P, Cruz M, Teixeira L, Santos MJ. Lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis: Results from a national cohort. Pulmonology 2024; 30:87-89. [PMID: 37394340 DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2023.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
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- A C Duarte
- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Avenida Torrado da Silva, 2805-267 Almada, Portugal.
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal; Departamento de Medicina, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia e Doenças Ósseas Metabólicas, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal; Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia e Doenças Ósseas Metabólicas, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal; Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga, Avenida Artur Ravara, 3814-501 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Praceta Prof. Mota Pinto, 3004-561 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Rua Conde de Bertiandos, 4990-041 Ponte de Lima, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Hospital Egas Moniz, Rua da Junqueira 126, 1349-019 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital de Braga, Sete Fontes - São Victor, 4710-243 Braga, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Unidade Local de Saúde do Litoral Alentejano, Monte do Gilbardinho, 7540-230 Santiago do Cacém, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Avenida Noruega/Lordelo, 5000-508 Vila Rela, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Rua de Santo André, 2410-197 Leiria, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa, Av. do Hospital Padre Américo 210, 4564-007 Guilhufe, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital Ortopédico de Sant`Ana, Rua de Benguela 2779-501 Parede, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital CUF Descobertas, Rua Mário Botas, 1998-018 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar de S. Francisco, Rua Fonte Cabeço d'El Rei 15, Leiria, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital Central do Funchal, Avenida Luís de Camões, nº 57 9004-514 Funchal, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Avenida Torrado da Silva, 2805-267 Almada, Portugal; Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal
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Cavaco MJ, Santos MJ, Paula F, Froes F. TRALI: A differential diagnosis to keep in mind. Pulmonology 2023:S2531-0437(23)00236-2. [PMID: 38129239 DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2023.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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- M J Cavaco
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar do Oeste, Torres Vedras, Portugal.
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- Serviço de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Hospital Pulido, Valente, Portugal
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- Serviço de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Hospital Pulido, Valente, Portugal
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- Serviço de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Hospital Pulido, Valente, Portugal
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Rangel LF, Elloumi A, Quilichini Y, Santos MJ, Bahri S. Morphological and molecular characterization of Chloromyxum dasyatidis n. sp. (Myxosporea: Chloromyxidae) in the common stingray Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus) from Tunisian waters (Central Mediterranean Sea). Syst Parasitol 2023; 100:617-630. [PMID: 37689605 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-023-10111-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/11/2023]
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A new species of Chloromyxum Mingazzini, 1890, C. dasyatidis n. sp., is described from the gallbladder of the elasmobranch fish Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus) from the Mediterranean coast off Tunisia. Mature myxospores were subspherical measuring 13.0 ± 0.3 (12.5-13.9) µm in length, 11.3 ± 0.5 (10.2-12.2) µm in width, and 11.8 ± 0.5 (11.4-12.7) µm in thickness. Four pyriform polar capsules 4.4 ± 0.3 (4.0-4.9) µm long and 3.5 ± 0.3 (3.0-3.8) µm wide. Valves were ornamented by 5 to 7 elevated surface ridges and displayed short caudal filaments. Chloromyxum dasyatidis n. sp. had an overall prevalence of infection of 38.5%, with significant seasonal variation, being more prevalent during summer (60.0%) and autumn (70.8%). Phylogenetically, this species grouped within the Chloromyxum sensu stricto lineage, forming a small clade together with the genetically more similar species C. acuminatum and C. myolibati, both from stingray hosts.
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- Luis F Rangel
- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), Laboratory of Animal Parasitology and Pathology, University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal.
- CIIMAR, Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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- Research Laboratory of Biodiversity, Ecology and Parasitology of Aquatic Ecosystems, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, El Manar I, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia
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- UMR SPE 6134 CNRS, University of Corsica Pascal Paoli, Corte, France
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- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), Laboratory of Animal Parasitology and Pathology, University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal
- CIIMAR, Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Research Laboratory of Biodiversity, Ecology and Parasitology of Aquatic Ecosystems, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, El Manar I, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia
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Eppinga MB, Michaels TK, Santos MJ, Bever JD. Introducing desirable patches to initiate ecosystem transitions and accelerate ecosystem restoration. Ecol Appl 2023; 33:e2910. [PMID: 37602903 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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Meeting restoration targets may require active strategies to accelerate natural regeneration rates or overcome the resilience associated with degraded ecosystem states. Introducing desired ecosystem patches in degraded landscapes constitutes a promising active restoration strategy, with various mechanisms potentially causing these patches to become foci from which desired species can re-establish throughout the landscape. This study considers three mechanisms previously identified as potential drivers of introduced patch dynamics: autocatalytic nucleation, directed dispersal, and resource concentration. These mechanisms reflect qualitatively different positive feedbacks. We developed an ecological model framework that compared how the occurrence of each mechanism was reflected in spatio-temporal patch dynamics. We then analyzed the implications of these relationships for optimal restoration design. We found that patch expansion accelerated over time when driven by the autocatalytic nucleation mechanism, while patch expansion driven by the directed dispersal or resource concentration mechanisms decelerated over time. Additionally, when driven by autocatalytic nucleation, patch expansion was independent of patch position in the landscape. However, the proximity of other patches affected patch expansion either positively or negatively when driven by directed dispersal or resource concentration. For autocatalytic nucleation, introducing many small patches was a favorable strategy, provided that each individual patch exceeded a critical patch size. Introducing a single patch or a few large patches was the most effective restoration strategy to initiate the directed dispersal mechanism. Introducing many small patches was the most effective strategy for reaching restored ecosystem states driven by a resource concentration mechanism. Our model results suggest that introducing desirable patches can substantially accelerate ecosystem restoration, or even induce a critical transition from an otherwise stable degraded state toward a desired ecosystem state. However, the potential of this type of restoration strategy for a particular ecosystem may strongly depend on the mechanism driving patch dynamics. In turn, which mechanism drives patch dynamics may affect the optimal spatial design of an active restoration strategy. Each of the three mechanisms considered reflects distinct spatio-temporal patch dynamics, providing novel opportunities for empirically identifying key mechanisms, and restoration designs that introduce desired patches in degraded landscapes according to these patch dynamics.
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
- Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
- Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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Bandeira M, Dourado E, Melo AT, Martins P, Fraga V, Ferraro JL, Saraiva A, Sousa M, Parente H, Soares C, Correia AM, E Almeida D, P Dinis S, Pinto AS, O Pinheiro F, S Rato M, Beirão T, Samões B, Santos B, Mazeda C, T Chícharo A, Faria M, Neto A, Lourenço MH, Brites L, Rodrigues M, Silva-Dinis J, M Dias J, Araújo FC, Martins N, Couto M, Valido A, Santos MJ, Barreira S, Fonseca JE, Campanilho-Marques R. Mechanic's hands are associated with interstitial lung disease in myositis patients regardless of the presence of antisynthetase antibodies. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2023; 62:e332-e334. [PMID: 37294734 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/11/2023] Open
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- Matilde Bandeira
- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (CAML), Lisboa, Portugal
- Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, CAML, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (CAML), Lisboa, Portugal
- Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, CAML, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (CAML), Lisboa, Portugal
- Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, CAML, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (CAML), Lisboa, Portugal
- Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, CAML, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Unidade Local de Saúde da Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Unidade Local de Saúde da Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital Nélio Mendonça, Serviços de Saúde da Região Autónoma da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital Nélio Mendonça, Serviços de Saúde da Região Autónoma da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital Distrital de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital Distrital de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar de Médio Tejo, Tomar, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital CUF Cascais, Cascais, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Unidade Local de Saúde do Litoral Alentejano, Santiago do Cacém, Portugal
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- Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, CAML, Lisboa, Portugal
- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (CAML), Lisboa, Portugal
- Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, CAML, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (CAML), Lisboa, Portugal
- Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, CAML, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (CAML), Lisboa, Portugal
- Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, CAML, Lisboa, Portugal
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Linde L, Ørnbjerg LM, Rasmussen SH, Love TJ, Loft AG, Závada J, Vencovský J, Laas K, Nordstrom D, Sokka-Isler T, Gudbjornsson B, Gröndal G, Iannone F, Ramonda R, Hellamand P, Kristianslund EK, Kvien TK, Rodrigues AM, Santos MJ, Codreanu C, Rotar Z, Tomšič M, Castrejon I, Díaz-Gonzáles F, Di Giuseppe D, Ljung L, Nissen MJ, Ciurea A, Macfarlane GJ, Heddle M, Glintborg B, Østergaard M, Hetland ML. Commonalities and differences in set-up and data collection across European spondyloarthritis registries - results from the EuroSpA collaboration. Arthritis Res Ther 2023; 25:205. [PMID: 37858143 PMCID: PMC10585911 DOI: 10.1186/s13075-023-03184-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In European axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) clinical registries, we aimed to investigate commonalities and differences in (1) set-up, clinical data collection; (2) data availability and completeness; and (3) wording, recall period, and scale used for selected patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). METHODS Data was obtained as part of the EuroSpA Research Collaboration Network and consisted of (1) an online survey and follow-up interview, (2) upload of real-world data, and (3) selected PROMs included in the online survey. RESULTS Fifteen registries participated, contributing 33,948 patients (axSpA: 21,330 (63%), PsA: 12,618 (37%)). The reported coverage of eligible patients ranged from 0.5 to 100%. Information on age, sex, biological/targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug treatment, disease duration, and C-reactive protein was available in all registries with data completeness between 85% and 100%. All PROMs (Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity and Functional Indices, Health Assessment Questionnaire, and patient global, pain and fatigue assessments) were more complete after 2015 (68-86%) compared to prior (50-79%). Patient global, pain and fatigue assessments showed heterogeneity between registries in terms of wording, recall periods, and scale. CONCLUSION Important heterogeneity in registry design and data collection across fifteen European axSpA and PsA registries was observed. Several core measures were widely available, and an increase in data completeness of PROMs in recent years was identified. This study might serve as a basis for examining how differences in data collection across registries may impact the results of collaborative research in the future.
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- Louise Linde
- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark.
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Rheumatology, East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Departments of Medicine and Rheumatology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Amsterdam Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Reuma.pt, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Center for Rheumatic Diseases, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Aberdeen Centre for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Aberdeen Centre for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, DANBIO Registry, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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Scown MW, Dunn FE, Dekker SC, van Vuuren DP, Karabil S, Sutanudjaja EH, Santos MJ, Minderhoud PS, Garmestani AS, Middelkoop H. Global change scenarios in coastal river deltas and their sustainable development implications. Glob Environ Change 2023; 82:1-14. [PMID: 37693692 PMCID: PMC10483986 DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Deltas play a critical role in the ambition to achieve global sustainable development given their relatively large shares in population and productive croplands, as well as their precarious low-lying position between upstream river basin development and rising seas. The large pressures on these systems risk undermining the persistence of delta societies, economies, and ecosystems. We analyse possible future development in 49 deltas around the globe under the Shared Socio-economic and Representative Concentration Pathways until 2100. Population density, urban fraction, and total and irrigated cropland fraction are three to twelve times greater in these deltas, on average, than in the rest of the world. Maximum river water discharges are projected to increase by 11-33 % and river sediment discharges are projected to decrease 26-37 % on average, depending on the scenario. Regional sea-level rise reaches almost 1.0 m by 2100 for certain deltas in the worst-case scenario, increasing to almost 2.0 m of relative rise considering land subsidence. Extreme sea levels could be much higher still-reaching over 4.0 m by 2100 for six of the 49 deltas analysed. Socio-economic conditions to support adaptation are the weakest among deltas with the greatest pressures, compounding the challenge of sustainable development. Asian and African deltas stand out as having heightened socio-economic challenges-huge population and land use pressures in most Asian deltas and the Nile delta; low capacity for adaptation in most African deltas and the Irrawaddy delta. Although, deltas in other parts of the world are not immune from these and other pressures, either. Because of unique pressures and processes operating in deltas, as in other "hotspots" such as small islands, mountains, and semi-arid areas, we recommend greater consideration and conceptualisation of environmental processes in global sustainable development agendas and in the Integrated Assessment Models used to guide global policy.
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- Murray W. Scown
- Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), Lund, Sweden
- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
- PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Hague, Netherlands
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- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
- Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Department of Subsurface and Groundwater Systems, Deltares Research Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University School of Law, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf Breeze, FL, United States
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- Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Tomé C, Oliveira-Ramos F, Campanilho-Marques R, Mourão AF, Sousa S, Marques C, Melo AT, Teixeira RL, Martins AP, Moeda S, Costa-Reis P, Torres RP, Bandeira M, Fonseca H, Gonçalves M, Santos MJ, Graca L, Fonseca JE, Moura RA. Children with extended oligoarticular and polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis have alterations in B and T follicular cell subsets in peripheral blood and a cytokine profile sustaining B cell activation. RMD Open 2023; 9:e002901. [PMID: 37652558 PMCID: PMC10476142 DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES The main goal of this study was to characterise the frequency and phenotype of B, T follicular helper (Tfh) and T follicular regulatory (Tfr) cells in peripheral blood and the cytokine environment present in circulation in children with extended oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (extended oligo JIA) and polyarticular JIA (poly JIA) when compared with healthy controls, children with persistent oligoarticular JIA (persistent oligo JIA) and adult JIA patients. METHODS Blood samples were collected from 105 JIA patients (children and adults) and 50 age-matched healthy individuals. The frequency and phenotype of B, Tfh and Tfr cells were evaluated by flow cytometry. Serum levels of APRIL, BAFF, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-17A, IL-21, IL-22, IFN-γ, PD-1, PD-L1, sCD40L, CXCL13 and TNF were measured by multiplex bead-based immunoassay and/or ELISA in all groups included. RESULTS The frequency of B, Tfh and Tfr cells was similar between JIA patients and controls. Children with extended oligo JIA and poly JIA, but not persistent oligo JIA, had significantly lower frequencies of plasmablasts, regulatory T cells and higher levels of Th17-like Tfh cells in circulation when compared with controls. Furthermore, APRIL, BAFF, IL-6 and IL-17A serum levels were significantly higher in paediatric extended oligo JIA and poly JIA patients when compared with controls. These immunological alterations were not found in adult JIA patients in comparison to controls. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest a potential role and/or activation profile of B and Th17-like Tfh cells in the pathogenesis of extended oligo JIA and poly JIA, but not persistent oligo JIA.
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- Catarina Tomé
- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, EPE, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, EPE, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Reumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, EPE, Almada, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, EPE, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, EPE, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Pediatric Surgery Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, EPE, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, EPE, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, EPE, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, EPE, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Pediatric Surgery Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Reumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, EPE, Almada, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, EPE, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Rangel LF, Santos MJ, Rocha S. Synopsis of the species of Henneguya Thélohan, 1892 (Cnidaria: Myxosporea: Myxobolidae) described since 2012. Syst Parasitol 2023; 100:291-305. [PMID: 37020081 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-023-10088-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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The genus Henneguya Thélohan, 1892 (Cnidaria: Myxosporea: Myxobolidae) encompasses a large number of species that mostly infect freshwater fish belonging to 71 families of Actinopterygii. A synopsis of Henneguya species described between 2012 and 2022 is herein presented. It includes 57 species described during the last decade, and one species missing from the previous synopses, adding to a total of 254 species that have been formally described within this genus. Biological characters and myxospore morphometry are presented for each species record.
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- Luis F Rangel
- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal.
- CIIMAR, Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal
- CIIMAR, Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- ICBAS - School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Ørnbjerg LM, Linde L, Georgiadis S, Rasmussen SH, Lindström U, Askling J, Michelsen B, Giuseppe DD, Wallman JK, Pavelka K, Závada J, Nissen MJ, Jones GT, Relas H, Pirilä L, Tomšič M, Rotar Z, Geirsson AJ, Gudbjornsson B, Kristianslund EK, van der Horst-Bruinsma I, Loft AG, Laas K, Iannone F, Corrado A, Ciurea A, Santos MJ, Santos H, Codreanu C, Akkoc N, Gunduz OS, Glintborg B, Østergaard M, Hetland ML. Corrigendum to 'Predictors of ASDAS-CRP inactive disease in axial spondyloarthritis during treatment with TNF-inhibitors: data from the EuroSpA collaboration' [Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism 56 (2022) 1-13/152081]. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2023; 58:152141. [PMID: 36463635 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2022.152141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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- Lykke M Ørnbjerg
- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark; DANBIO registry, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark; DANBIO registry, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark.
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark; DANBIO registry, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark; Division of Rheumatology and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Aberdeen Centre for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Department of Rheumatology, Inflammation Center, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Center for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Division of Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Centre for Rheumatology Research, Landspitali, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal; Reuma.pt, Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Reuma.pt, Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal; Instituto Português de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal; EpiDoc Unit, Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Center for Rheumatic Diseases, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romanian Registry of Rheumatic Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Celal Bayar University Hospital, Manisa Turkey
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Celal Bayar University Hospital, Manisa Turkey
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark; DANBIO registry, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Alreshaid L, El-Badrawy W, Kulkarni G, Santos MJ, Prakki A. Resin Composite Versus Amalgam Restorations Placed in United States Dental Schools. Oper Dent 2023; 48:21-32. [PMID: 36472481 DOI: 10.2341/22-007-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the latest teaching policies for posterior resin composite placement versus amalgam and to determine the actual numbers of posterior resin composites versus amalgam restorations placed in American dental schools from 2008 to 2018. METHODS Emails were sent to the deans of all 66 dental schools in the United States to collect data in the forms of: 1) Questionnaire on current teaching policies of posterior composite and amalgam restorations; and 2) Data entry form to collect the actual numbers of posterior composite and amalgam restorations placed in their clinics. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize ratios of posterior restorations. Inferential analysis (chi-square test and z-test) was employed to compare posterior restoration proportions over time and within each year. Level of significance was set at 0.05. RESULTS For the teaching questionnaire, the response rate was 52% (n=34). Seventy-six per cent of the responding schools reported that they assign 50% or more of their preclinical restorative teaching time towards posterior resin composite placement, while 50% of the responding schools devoted 25% or less towards amalgam teaching. Data entry response rate was 26% (n=17). In 2008, amalgam and resin composite restorations were placed almost equally. However, resin composite restorations were placed significantly more frequently from 2009 onwards in all responding schools. The results revealed a significant ongoing increasing trend in placing posterior resin composites in all responding schools over time (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Data analysis revealed a clear trend towards an increase in posterior resin composite restoration placement and a decrease in the number of amalgam restorations. However, the time assigned for posterior resin composite teaching is not aligned with quantity of restorations placed. Review and adjustment of the time allocated for teaching and training of each material are suggested.
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- L Alreshaid
- Lulwah Alreshaid, BDS, PhD candidate, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto M5G 1G6 ON, Canada; Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Wafa El-Badrawy, BDS, MSc, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Gajanan Kulkarni, BDS, LLB, MSc, DDS, Dip Paed, PhD, FRCD (C), Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Maria Jacinta Santos, DDS, MSc, PhD, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- *Anuradha Prakki, DDS, MSc, PhD, associate professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Elloumi A, Rangel LF, Santos MJ, Bahri S. Myxidium tunisiensis n. sp. (Myxosporea: Myxidiidae) infecting the rough skate Raja radula Delaroche, 1908 (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from North East Tunisia. Parasitol Res 2023; 122:19-33. [PMID: 34494121 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-021-07306-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A new marine myxosporean, Myxidium tunisiensis n. sp. (Myxosporea: Myxidiidae), is described infecting the gallbladder of the rough skate Raja radula Delaroche, 1908 (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) harvested from the Bay of Bizerte, Tunisia. Observed stages of the parasite were floating free in the bile. Plasmodia, disporic or polysporic, contain disporic pansporoblasts measuring 23.0-27.2 μm in maximum diameter and 21.0-25.5 μm in minimum diameter. Mature myxospores, which are elongated, typically fusiform measured 18.6 ± 1.7 (17.2-22.0) μm in length, 8.6 ± 1.2 (7.2-11.2) μm in width and 8.2 ± 0.9 (6.4-10.1) in thickness. Myxospore valves are symmetrical with 9-10 longitudinal striations. Two polar capsules, pyriform, were equal in size, measuring 5.8 ± 0.4 (5.2-6.7) μm in length and 3.1 ± 0.2 (3.0-3.2) μm in width, with 5-6 polar filament turns. The infection was prevalent throughout the year with the highest prevalence in autumn (81.8%) and the lowest in winter (32.3%). The seasonal prevalence of M. tunisiensis n. sp. in the Bay of Bizerte appeared to fluctuate according to seawater temperature. The morphological and morphometrical differences with all Myxidium spp. described so far, complemented by molecular data, prove clearly that the present species is a new member of the genus Myxidium. The SSU rDNA phylogenetic analyses revealed that Myxidium tunisiensis n. sp. clustered within the oligochaete-gallbladder clade in a basal position to the marine subclade of Myxidium baueri and Myxidium coryphaenoideum. While the new species branching pattern is stable in the ML and the BI analyses, it changed in the MP analysis. This is the first molecular study of a Myxidium species infecting an elasmobranch host inhabiting the Mediterranean Sea.
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- Amira Elloumi
- Research Laboratory of Biodiversity, Parasitology and Ecology of Aquatic Ecosystems, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, El Manar I, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia.
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal
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- Research Laboratory of Biodiversity, Parasitology and Ecology of Aquatic Ecosystems, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, El Manar I, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia
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Rocchini D, Santos MJ, Ustin SL, Féret J, Asner GP, Beierkuhnlein C, Dalponte M, Feilhauer H, Foody GM, Geller GN, Gillespie TW, He KS, Kleijn D, Leitão PJ, Malavasi M, Moudrý V, Müllerová J, Nagendra H, Normand S, Ricotta C, Schaepman ME, Schmidtlein S, Skidmore AK, Šímová P, Torresani M, Townsend PA, Turner W, Vihervaara P, Wegmann M, Lenoir J. The Spectral Species Concept in Living Color. J Geophys Res Biogeosci 2022; 127:e2022JG007026. [PMID: 36247363 PMCID: PMC9539608 DOI: 10.1029/2022jg007026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Biodiversity monitoring is an almost inconceivable challenge at the scale of the entire Earth. The current (and soon to be flown) generation of spaceborne and airborne optical sensors (i.e., imaging spectrometers) can collect detailed information at unprecedented spatial, temporal, and spectral resolutions. These new data streams are preceded by a revolution in modeling and analytics that can utilize the richness of these datasets to measure a wide range of plant traits, community composition, and ecosystem functions. At the heart of this framework for monitoring plant biodiversity is the idea of remotely identifying species by making use of the 'spectral species' concept. In theory, the spectral species concept can be defined as a species characterized by a unique spectral signature and thus remotely detectable within pixel units of a spectral image. In reality, depending on spatial resolution, pixels may contain several species which renders species-specific assignment of spectral information more challenging. The aim of this paper is to review the spectral species concept and relate it to underlying ecological principles, while also discussing the complexities, challenges and opportunities to apply this concept given current and future scientific advances in remote sensing.
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- Duccio Rocchini
- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental SciencesAlma Mater Studiorum University of BolognaBolognaItaly
- Department of Spatial SciencesCzech University of Life Sciences PragueFaculty of Environmental SciencesPrahaCzech Republic
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- Department of GeographyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Land, Air, and Water ResourcesUniversity of California DavisDavisCAUSA
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- UMR‐TETISIRSTEA Montpellier, Maison de la TélédétectionMontpellier Cedex 5France
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- Center for Global Discovery and Conservation ScienceArizona State UniversityTempeAZUSA
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- Sustainable Ecosystems and Bioresources Department, Research and Innovation CentreFondazione Edmund MachSan Michele all’AdigeItaly
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- Remote Sensing Center for Earth System ResearchUniversity of LeipzigLeipzigGermany
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- School of GeographyUniversity of NottinghamUniversity ParkNottinghamUK
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- NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryCalifornia Institute of TechnologyPasadenaCAUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesMurray State UniversityMurrayKYUSA
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- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation GroupWageningen UniversityWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Department Landscape Ecology and Environmental System AnalysisTechnische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweigGermany
- Geography DepartmentHumboldt‐Universität zu BerlinBerlinGermany
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- Department of Spatial SciencesCzech University of Life Sciences PragueFaculty of Environmental SciencesPrahaCzech Republic
- Department of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Natural SciencesUniversity of SassariSassariItaly
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- Department of Spatial SciencesCzech University of Life Sciences PragueFaculty of Environmental SciencesPrahaCzech Republic
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- Department of GIS and Remote SensingInstitute of BotanyThe Czech Acad. SciencesPrůhoniceCzech Republic
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- Azim Premji UniversityPES Institute of Technology CampusBangaloreIndia
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- Department of Biology, Ecoinformatics and BiodiversityAarhus UniversityAarhus CDenmark
- Center for Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing World (BIOCHANGE)Department of BiologyAarhus UniversityAarhus CDenmark
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- Department of Environmental BiologyUniversity of Rome “La Sapienza”RomeItaly
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- Department of Geography, Remote Sensing LaboratoriesUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Institute of Geography and GeoecologyKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyKarlsruheGermany
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- Faculty of Geo‐Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)University of TwenteEnschedeThe Netherlands
- Department of Earth and Environmental ScienceMacquarie UniversitySydneyNSWAustralia
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- Department of Spatial SciencesCzech University of Life Sciences PragueFaculty of Environmental SciencesPrahaCzech Republic
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- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental SciencesAlma Mater Studiorum University of BolognaBolognaItaly
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife EcologyUniversity of WisconsinMadisonWIUSA
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- Earth Science DivisionNASA HeadquartersWashingtonDCUSA
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- Natural Environment CentreFinnish Environment Institute (SYKE)HelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Remote SensingUniversity of WuerzburgWuerzburgGermany
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- UMR CNRS 7058 “Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés” (EDYSAN)Université de Picardie Jules VerneAmiensFrance
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Izadi Z, Gianfrancesco MA, Schmajuk G, Jacobsohn L, Katz P, Rush S, Ja C, Taylor T, Shidara K, Danila MI, Wysham KD, Strangfeld A, Mateus EF, Hyrich KL, Gossec L, Carmona L, Lawson-Tovey S, Kearsley-Fleet L, Schaefer M, Al-Emadi S, Sparks JA, Hsu TYT, Patel NJ, Wise L, Gilbert E, Duarte-García A, Valenzuela-Almada MO, Ugarte-Gil MF, Ljung L, Scirè CA, Carrara G, Hachulla E, Richez C, Cacoub P, Thomas T, Santos MJ, Bernardes M, Hasseli R, Regierer A, Schulze-Koops H, Müller-Ladner U, Pons-Estel G, Tanten R, Nieto RE, Pisoni CN, Tissera YS, Xavier R, Lopes Marques CD, Pileggi GCS, Robinson PC, Machado PM, Sirotich E, Liew JW, Hausmann JS, Sufka P, Grainger R, Bhana S, Gore-Massy M, Wallace ZS, Yazdany J. Environmental and societal factors associated with COVID-19-related death in people with rheumatic disease: an observational study. Lancet Rheumatol 2022; 4:e603-e613. [PMID: 35909441 PMCID: PMC9313519 DOI: 10.1016/s2665-9913(22)00192-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Background Differences in the distribution of individual-level clinical risk factors across regions do not fully explain the observed global disparities in COVID-19 outcomes. We aimed to investigate the associations between environmental and societal factors and country-level variations in mortality attributed to COVID-19 among people with rheumatic disease globally. Methods In this observational study, we derived individual-level data on adults (aged 18-99 years) with rheumatic disease and a confirmed status of their highest COVID-19 severity level from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance (GRA) registry, collected between March 12, 2020, and Aug 27, 2021. Environmental and societal factors were obtained from publicly available sources. The primary endpoint was mortality attributed to COVID-19. We used a multivariable logistic regression to evaluate independent associations between environmental and societal factors and death, after controlling for individual-level risk factors. We used a series of nested mixed-effects models to establish whether environmental and societal factors sufficiently explained country-level variations in death. Findings 14 044 patients from 23 countries were included in the analyses. 10 178 (72·5%) individuals were female and 3866 (27·5%) were male, with a mean age of 54·4 years (SD 15·6). Air pollution (odds ratio 1·10 per 10 μg/m3 [95% CI 1·01-1·17]; p=0·0105), proportion of the population aged 65 years or older (1·19 per 1% increase [1·10-1·30]; p<0·0001), and population mobility (1·03 per 1% increase in number of visits to grocery and pharmacy stores [1·02-1·05]; p<0·0001 and 1·02 per 1% increase in number of visits to workplaces [1·00-1·03]; p=0·032) were independently associated with higher odds of mortality. Number of hospital beds (0·94 per 1-unit increase per 1000 people [0·88-1·00]; p=0·046), human development index (0·65 per 0·1-unit increase [0·44-0·96]; p=0·032), government response stringency (0·83 per 10-unit increase in containment index [0·74-0·93]; p=0·0018), as well as follow-up time (0·78 per month [0·69-0·88]; p<0·0001) were independently associated with lower odds of mortality. These factors sufficiently explained country-level variations in death attributable to COVID-19 (intraclass correlation coefficient 1·2% [0·1-9·5]; p=0·14). Interpretation Our findings highlight the importance of environmental and societal factors as potential explanations of the observed regional disparities in COVID-19 outcomes among people with rheumatic disease and lay foundation for a new research agenda to address these disparities. Funding American College of Rheumatology and European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology.
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- Zara Izadi
- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
- San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- VA Puget Sound Health Care System and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- German Rheumatism Research Center, Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Berlin, Germany
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- Portuguese League Against Rheumatic Diseases, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, University of Manchester-NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- INSERM, Sorbonne Universites, Groupe Hopital Universitaire Pitie Salpetriere, AP-HP, Paris, France
- Rheumatology Department, Sorbonne Universites, Groupe Hopital Universitaire Pitie Salpetriere, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Centre for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, University of Manchester-NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- German Rheumatism Research Center, Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Berlin, Germany
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Robert D and Patricia E Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- School of Medicine, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru
- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, Peru
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine and Department of Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Epidemiology Research Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy
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- Epidemiology Research Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy
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- INSERM, CHU Lille, Service de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Centre de référence des maladies autoimmunes systémiques rares du Nord et Nord-Ouest de France, U1286-INFINITE-Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Pellegrin, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeux, France
- UMR-CNRS 5164, ImmunoConcEpT, Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM 959, Sorbonne Universites, Groupe Hopital Universitaire Pitie Salpetriere, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Département de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Sorbonne Universites, Groupe Hopital Universitaire Pitie Salpetriere, AP-HP, Paris, France
- Centre National de Références Maladies Autoimmunes systémiques rares, Sorbonne Universites, Groupe Hopital Universitaire Pitie Salpetriere, AP-HP, Paris, France
- Centre National de Références Maladies Autoinflammatoires et Amylose Inflammatoire, Sorbonne Universites, Groupe Hopital Universitaire Pitie Salpetriere, AP-HP, Paris, France
- Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department, Sorbonne Universites, Groupe Hopital Universitaire Pitie Salpetriere, AP-HP, Paris, France
- Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Nord, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint-Etienne, INSERM U1059, Lyon University, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade Medicina Lisboa, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar-Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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- German Rheumatism Research Center, Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine IV, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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- Hospital Francisco Lopez Lima, General Roca, Argentina
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- Department of Rheumatology, Grupo Oroño-Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Rheumatology and Immunology Section, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno", Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Clínica Médica, Unidad de Reumatología del Hospital Córdoba and Sanatorio Parque de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- University of Queensland Medical School, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- University College London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Northwick Park Hospital, London North-West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Grünzweig JM, De Boeck HJ, Rey A, Santos MJ, Adam O, Bahn M, Belnap J, Deckmyn G, Dekker SC, Flores O, Gliksman D, Helman D, Hultine KR, Liu L, Meron E, Michael Y, Sheffer E, Throop HL, Tzuk O, Yakir D. Dryland mechanisms could widely control ecosystem functioning in a drier and warmer world. Nat Ecol Evol 2022; 6:1064-1076. [PMID: 35879539 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01779-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Responses of terrestrial ecosystems to climate change have been explored in many regions worldwide. While continued drying and warming may alter process rates and deteriorate the state and performance of ecosystems, it could also lead to more fundamental changes in the mechanisms governing ecosystem functioning. Here we argue that climate change will induce unprecedented shifts in these mechanisms in historically wetter climatic zones, towards mechanisms currently prevalent in dry regions, which we refer to as 'dryland mechanisms'. We discuss 12 dryland mechanisms affecting multiple processes of ecosystem functioning, including vegetation development, water flow, energy budget, carbon and nutrient cycling, plant production and organic matter decomposition. We then examine mostly rare examples of the operation of these mechanisms in non-dryland regions where they have been considered irrelevant at present. Current and future climate trends could force microclimatic conditions across thresholds and lead to the emergence of dryland mechanisms and their increasing control over ecosystem functioning in many biomes on Earth.
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- José M Grünzweig
- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
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- Plants and Ecosystems, Department of Biology, Universiteit Antwerpen, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural History, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- The Fredy and Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, UT, USA
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- Plants and Ecosystems, Department of Biology, Universiteit Antwerpen, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Plants and Ecosystems, Department of Biology, Universiteit Antwerpen, Wilrijk, Belgium.,Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural History, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Institute for Hydrology and Meteorology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden, Tharandt, Germany.,Institute of Geography, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.,Advanced School for Environmental Studies, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Research, Conservation and Collections, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiangshan, Beijing, China
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- Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.,Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Israel
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- School of Earth and Space Exploration, and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.,Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Veeken A, Santos MJ, McGowan S, Davies AL, Schrodt F. Pollen-based reconstruction reveals the impact of the onset of agriculture on plant functional trait composition. Ecol Lett 2022; 25:1937-1951. [PMID: 35816121 PMCID: PMC9544184 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
The onset of agriculture improved the capacity of ecosystems to produce food, but inadvertently altered other vital ecosystem functions. Plant traits play a central role in determining ecosystem properties, therefore we investigated how the onset of agriculture in Europe changed plant trait composition using 78 pollen records. Using a novel Bayesian approach for reconstructing plant trait composition from pollen records, we provide a robust method that can account for trait variability within pollen types. We estimate an overall four-fold decrease in plant size through agriculture and associated decreases in leaf and seed size. We show an increase in niche space towards the resource-acquisitive end of the leaf economic spectrum. Decreases in leaf phosphorus might have been caused by nutrient depletion through grazing and burning. Our results show that agriculture, from its start, has likely been gradually impacting biogeochemical cycles through altered vegetation composition.
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- Department of Geography, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.,Aquatic Ecology Department, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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Golden O, Caldeira AJR, Rangel LF, Santos MJ. Seafood safety and food-borne zoonoses from fish: Examining the risk of Anisakis in the Portuguese Population and Consumer Risk Perceptions of Fish Consumption. EFSA J 2022; 20:e200409. [PMID: 35634563 PMCID: PMC9131577 DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2022.e200409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Parasitic nematodes of the genus Anisakis are the causative agent of anisakiosis, an important fish‐borne zoonosis. Humans are infected through consumption of raw or undercooked fish, contaminated with the parasite. Infection can result in both gastrointestinal and allergic symptoms. There are few reports of anisakiosis in Portugal, but evidence of Anisakis allergy exists, indicating that exposure is occurring in the population. The European Food Risk Assessment Fellowship Programme (EU‐FORA) work programme, entitled: ‘Food safety of fish and zoonoses: fish consumption and microbiological risk assessment and perception, from fisherman to final consumers in Portugal’ was hosted by the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), in Porto, Portugal. It aimed to gather information on risk perception and attitudes in the Portuguese population to contamination of fish with Anisakis spp. and on their knowledge of methods to prevent infection. In addition, it aimed to examine the risk of anisakiosis in the Portuguese population.
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- O Golden
- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) Portugal
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- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) Portugal
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- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) Portugal
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Sturm J, Santos MJ, Schmid B, Damm A. Satellite data reveal differential responses of Swiss forests to unprecedented 2018 drought. Glob Chang Biol 2022; 28:2956-2978. [PMID: 35182091 PMCID: PMC9310759 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Extreme events such as the summer drought of 2018 in Central Europe are projected to occur more frequently in the future and may cause major damages including increased tree mortality and negative impacts on forest ecosystem services. Here, we quantify the response of >1 million forest pixels of 10 × 10 m across Switzerland to the 2018 drought in terms of resistance, recovery, and resilience. We used the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) derived from Sentinel-2 satellite data as a proxy for canopy water content and analyzed its relative change. We calculated NDWI change between the 2017 pre-drought and 2018 drought years (indicating resistance), 2018 and the 2019 post-drought (indicating recovery), and between 2017-2019 (indicating resilience). Analyzing the data from this large natural experiment, we found that for 4.3% of the Swiss forest the NDWI declined between 2017 and 2018, indicating areas with low resistance of the forest canopy to drought effects. While roughly 50% of this area recovered, in 2.7% of the forested area NDWI continued to decline from 2018 to 2019, suggesting prolonged negative effects or delayed damage. We found differential forest responses to drought associated with site topographic characteristics and forest stand characteristics, and to a lesser extent with climatic conditions and interactions between these drivers. Low drought resistance and high recovery were most prominent at forest edges, but also on south-facing slopes and lower elevations. Tree functional type was the most important driver of drought resilience, with most of the damage in stands with high conifer abundance. Our results demonstrate the suitability of satellite-based quantification of drought-induced forest damage at high spatial resolution across large areas. Such information is important to predict how local site characteristics may impact forest vulnerability to future extreme events and help in the search for appropriate adaptation strategies.
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- Joan Sturm
- Department of GeographyUniversity of ZurichZürichSwitzerland
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- Department of GeographyUniversity of ZurichZürichSwitzerland
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- Department of GeographyUniversity of ZurichZürichSwitzerland
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- Department of GeographyUniversity of ZurichZürichSwitzerland
- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and TechnologyDübendorfSwitzerland
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Santos MJ, Matos M, Guardone L, Golden O, Armani A, Caldeira AJR, Vieira-Pinto M. Preliminary Data on the Occurrence of Anisakis spp. in European Hake (Merluccius merluccius) Caught Off the Portuguese Coast and on Reports of Human Anisakiosis in Portugal. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10020331. [PMID: 35208786 PMCID: PMC8876791 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10020331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Parasitic nematodes of the genus Anisakis are among the most important biological hazards associated with seafood. A survey of Anisakis spp. in European hake (Merluccius merluccius) was undertaken as this species is a staple of the Portuguese diet. Moreover, a literature review of cases of anisakiosis reported from Portugal, a country with one of the highest levels of fish consumption in the world, was also carried out. Seventy-five European hake caught in the Atlantic Ocean off the northern coast of Portugal were analyzed to determine the infection levels and site distribution of Anisakis spp. Isolated nematode larvae were identified to species level by molecular analysis. Two sets of samples were collected. Firstly, a total of 46 Anisakis spp. L3 larvae were collected with a prevalence of 76.7% (95% CI 61.5–91.8%) and intensity (mean ± SD, range) of 2.0 ± 1.2 (1–5). Most larvae were found on the liver (45.7%) and on the gonads (32.6%), but none in the muscle. The molecular analysis showed the presence of both A. simplex s.s. (70%) and A. pegreffii (30%). For the second sample, analyzed using the UV-Press method, a total of 473 Anisakis spp. were found, with a prevalence of 95.6% (95% CI 89.5–100.0%), intensity (mean ± SD, range) of 11.3 ± 9.7 (1–41), density of 0.05 ± 0.04 (0–0.16) worms/muscle weight in g, and density of 0.54 ± 0.50 (0–2.53) worms/viscera weight in g. Surprisingly, only three very recent cases of human anisakiosis in Portugal have been reported in the literature. Data from this study contribute towards an updating of the existing epidemiological picture in an area characterized by very high seafood consumption and changing eating habits.
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- Maria J. Santos
- Laboratório de Patologia Animal, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, FC4, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
- Laboratório de Patologia Animal, CIIMAR—Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; (M.M.); (O.G.); (A.J.R.C.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +351-220-402-805
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- Laboratório de Patologia Animal, CIIMAR—Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; (M.M.); (O.G.); (A.J.R.C.)
- Departamento de Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal;
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- FishLab, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Viale delle Piagge 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy; (L.G.); (A.A.)
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- Laboratório de Patologia Animal, CIIMAR—Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; (M.M.); (O.G.); (A.J.R.C.)
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- FishLab, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Viale delle Piagge 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy; (L.G.); (A.A.)
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- Laboratório de Patologia Animal, CIIMAR—Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; (M.M.); (O.G.); (A.J.R.C.)
- Academic Institute of Health and Biological Sciences, Goias State University, Campus Central–Sede Anapolis (CET), BR 153, CEP 75132-903 Goias, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal;
- CECAV, Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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Eppinga MB, Haber EA, Sweeney L, Santos MJ, Rietkerk M, Wassen MJ. Antigonon leptopus invasion is associated with plant community disassembly in a Caribbean island ecosystem. Biol Invasions 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-021-02646-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AbstractInvasions by non-native plant species are widely recognized as a major driver of biodiversity loss. Globally, (sub-)tropical islands form important components of biodiversity hotspots, while being particularly susceptible to invasions by plants in general and vines in particular. We studied the impact of the invasive vine A. leptopus on the diversity and structure of recipient plant communities on the northern Caribbean island St. Eustatius. We used a paired-plot design to study differences in species richness, evenness and community structure under A. leptopus-invaded and uninvaded conditions. Community structure was studied through species co-occurrence patterns. We found that in plots invaded by A. leptopus, species richness was 40–50% lower, and these plots also exhibited lower evenness. The magnitude of these negative impacts increased with increasing cover of A. leptopus. Invaded plots also showed higher degrees of homogeneity in species composition. Species co-occurrence patterns indicated that plant communities in uninvaded plots were characterized by segregation, whereas recipient plant communities in invaded plots exhibited random co-occurrence patterns. These observations suggest that invasion of A. leptopus is not only associated with reduced species richness and evenness of recipient communities in invaded sites, but also with a community disassembly process that may reduce diversity between sites. Given that A. leptopus is a successful invader of (sub-)tropical islands around the globe, these impacts on plant community structure highlight that this invasive species could be a particular conservation concern for these systems.
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Alreshaid L, El-Badrawy W, Lawrence HP, Santos MJ, Prakki A. Composite versus Amalgam Restorations Placed in Canadian Dental Schools. Oper Dent 2021; 46:621-630. [PMID: 35507902 DOI: 10.2341/20-212-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the latest teaching policies of posterior composite placement versus amalgam and to determine the actual numbers of posterior composites versus amalgam restorations placed in Canadian dental schools, over the years from 2008 to 2018. METHODS Emails were sent to Chairs/Heads of Restorative Departments and Clinic Directors of all 10 Canadian dental schools to collect data in the forms of: 1) Questionnaire on current teaching policies of posterior composite and amalgam restorations; 2) data entry form to collect the actual numbers of posterior composite and amalgam restorations placed in their clinics. RESULTS For the teaching questionnaire, the response rate was 90% (n=9). Seven (78%) of the responding schools reported that they assign 25%-50% of their preclinical restorative teaching time towards posterior composite placement. While, three (33%) of the responding schools allocated 50%-75% of their restorative teaching towards amalgam placement. Data entry response rate was 80% (n=8). Amalgam material was dominant in the restoration distribution from 2008 to 2012. While from 2013 to 2018, resin composite material was dominant in all eight responding schools. Linear regression analysis revealed a significant increasing trend in placing posterior composites in all the responding schools over time (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Data analysis revealed a clear trend towards an increase of posterior composite restoration placement and a decrease in the number of amalgam restorations placed. However, the teaching time assigned for posterior composite is not aligned with quantity placed. Review and adjustment of time allocated for teaching and training of each material are recommended.
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- L Alreshaid
- Lulwah Alreshaid, BDS, PhD candidate, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto M5G 1G6 ON, Canada; Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Wafa El-Badrawy, BDS, MSc, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Herenia P Lawrence, DDS, MSc, PhD, Department of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Maria J Santos, DDS, MSc, PhD, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- *Anuradha Prakki, DDS, MSc, PhD, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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O'Connor JC, Dekker SC, Staal A, Tuinenburg OA, Rebel KT, Santos MJ. Forests buffer against variations in precipitation. Glob Chang Biol 2021; 27:4686-4696. [PMID: 34319636 PMCID: PMC8457185 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Atmospheric moisture recycling effectively increases the amount of usable water over land as the water can undergo multiple precipitation-evapotranspiration cycles. Differences in land cover and climate regulate the evapotranspiration flux. Forests can have deep roots that access groundwater facilitating transpiration throughout the dry season independent of precipitation. This stable transpiration buffers the forest against precipitation variability. However, it is not known whether the buffering effect, already modeled for tropical forests, is common to all forests globally. Here we apply a state-of-the-art Lagrangian moisture tracking model (UTrack) to study whether forest land cover in the upwind precipitationshed can lead to a reduction in monthly precipitation variability downwind. We found a significant buffering effect of forests in the precipitation variability of 10 out of 14 biomes globally. On average, if 50% of precipitation originates from forest, then we find a reduction in the coefficient of variation of monthly precipitation of 60%. We also observed that a high fraction of precipitation from non-forest land sources tends to have the opposite effect, that is, no buffering effect. The average variation of monthly precipitation was 69% higher in areas where 50% of precipitation originates from non-forest land sources in the precipitationshed. Our results emphasize the importance of land cover composition in the precipitationshed to buffer precipitation variability downwind, in particular forest cover. Understanding the influence of land cover in a precipitationshed on atmospheric moisture transport is key for evaluating an area's water-climate regulatory ecosystem services and may become increasingly important due to continued changes in land cover and climate change.
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- John C. O'Connor
- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment Environmental SciencesUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment Environmental SciencesUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment Environmental SciencesUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment Environmental SciencesUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment Environmental SciencesUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Department of GeographyUniversity of ZürichZurichSwitzerland
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Strangfeld A, Schäfer M, Gianfrancesco MA, Lawson-Tovey S, Liew JW, Ljung L, Mateus EF, Richez C, Santos MJ, Schmajuk G, Scirè CA, Sirotich E, Sparks JA, Sufka P, Thomas T, Trupin L, Wallace ZS, Al-Adely S, Bachiller-Corral J, Bhana S, Cacoub P, Carmona L, Costello R, Costello W, Gossec L, Grainger R, Hachulla E, Hasseli R, Hausmann JS, Hyrich KL, Izadi Z, Jacobsohn L, Katz P, Kearsley-Fleet L, Robinson PC, Yazdany J, Machado PM. Factors associated with COVID-19-related death in people with rheumatic diseases: results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry. Ann Rheum Dis 2021; 80:930-942. [PMID: 33504483 PMCID: PMC7843211 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-219498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 435] [Impact Index Per Article: 145.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 01/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To determine factors associated with COVID-19-related death in people with rheumatic diseases. METHODS Physician-reported registry of adults with rheumatic disease and confirmed or presumptive COVID-19 (from 24 March to 1 July 2020). The primary outcome was COVID-19-related death. Age, sex, smoking status, comorbidities, rheumatic disease diagnosis, disease activity and medications were included as covariates in multivariable logistic regression models. Analyses were further stratified according to rheumatic disease category. RESULTS Of 3729 patients (mean age 57 years, 68% female), 390 (10.5%) died. Independent factors associated with COVID-19-related death were age (66-75 years: OR 3.00, 95% CI 2.13 to 4.22; >75 years: 6.18, 4.47 to 8.53; both vs ≤65 years), male sex (1.46, 1.11 to 1.91), hypertension combined with cardiovascular disease (1.89, 1.31 to 2.73), chronic lung disease (1.68, 1.26 to 2.25) and prednisolone-equivalent dosage >10 mg/day (1.69, 1.18 to 2.41; vs no glucocorticoid intake). Moderate/high disease activity (vs remission/low disease activity) was associated with higher odds of death (1.87, 1.27 to 2.77). Rituximab (4.04, 2.32 to 7.03), sulfasalazine (3.60, 1.66 to 7.78), immunosuppressants (azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, ciclosporin, mycophenolate or tacrolimus: 2.22, 1.43 to 3.46) and not receiving any disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) (2.11, 1.48 to 3.01) were associated with higher odds of death, compared with methotrexate monotherapy. Other synthetic/biological DMARDs were not associated with COVID-19-related death. CONCLUSION Among people with rheumatic disease, COVID-19-related death was associated with known general factors (older age, male sex and specific comorbidities) and disease-specific factors (disease activity and specific medications). The association with moderate/high disease activity highlights the importance of adequate disease control with DMARDs, preferably without increasing glucocorticoid dosages. Caution may be required with rituximab, sulfasalazine and some immunosuppressants.
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- Anja Strangfeld
- Epidemiology and Health Care Research, German Rheumatism Research Center (DRFZ Berlin), Berlin, Germany
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- Epidemiology and Health Care Research, German Rheumatism Research Center (DRFZ Berlin), Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Centre for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Clinical Epidemiology Section, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Portuguese League Against Rheumatic Diseases (LPCDR), Lisbon, Portugal
- European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Standing Committee of People with Arthritis/Rheumatism in Europe (PARE), Kilchberg, Switzerland
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- Club Rhumatismes et Inflammation (CRI) and Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease Alliance for Translational and Clinical Research Network (IMIDIATE), Bordeaux, France
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
- Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register (Reuma.pt), Portuguese Society of Rheumatology (SPR), Lisbon, Portugal
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Epidemiology Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR), Milan, Italy and Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Société Française de Rhumatologie (SFR), Saint Etienne, France
- Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Nord, CHU Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
- INSERM U1059, Université de Lyon-Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program and Rheumatology Unit, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
- Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de investigación IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
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- Département de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7211; Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), Paris, France
- Société Nationale Française de Médecine Interne (SNFMI), Paris, France
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- Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Irish Children's Arthritis Network (iCAN), Tipperary, Ireland
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- Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, INSERM, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- AP-HP.Sorbonne Université, Rheumatology department, Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital, Paris, France
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- Filière des maladies Auto-Immunes et Autoinflammatoires Rares (FAI2R), Lille University, France, Lille University, Lille, France
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Campus Kerckhoff, ustus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Program in Rheumatology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
- Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital & Health Service, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Trust, London, UK
- Department of Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
- Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, UK
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Couso-Pérez S, Rangel LF, Santos MJ, Ares-Mazás E, Gómez-Couso H. Morphological and molecular characterization of a novel Myxobolus species from the gastrointestinal tract of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in Spain. Parasitol Res 2021; 120:2469-2478. [PMID: 34152468 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-021-07201-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The genus Myxobolus Bütschli, 1882 is the largest group within the class Myxosporea and includes 905 nominal species, 18 of which have been found to infect fish belonging to the family Salmonidae. In the present study, microscopic analysis enabled detection of myxospores in 43 of 613 (7.0%) gastrointestinal tracts from brown trout (Salmo trutta) captured in several rivers in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Measurement of the whole myxospores, polar capsules and other morphological characteristics, together with identification of the site of infection, has led us to propose a novel salmonid-myxobolid species, Myxobolus compostellanus n. sp. Molecular analysis of the small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU-rRNA) gene yielded the same consensus sequence of 2039 bp in 14 fish specimens. A BLAST search indicated 97.6% similarity to Myxobolus neurobius. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that M. compostellanus n. sp. is clustered with other salmonid-infecting myxobolids. The present findings contribute to the existing knowledge about the genus Myxobolus, providing both morphological and molecular data on a novel species of Myxobolus found to infect the gastrointestinal tract of salmonids, M. compostellanus n. sp. in the brown trout (S. trutta).
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- Seila Couso-Pérez
- Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain. .,Institute of Research on Chemical and Biological Analysis, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.
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Rocchini D, Thouverai E, Marcantonio M, Iannacito M, Da Re D, Torresani M, Bacaro G, Bazzichetto M, Bernardi A, Foody GM, Furrer R, Kleijn D, Larsen S, Lenoir J, Malavasi M, Marchetto E, Messori F, Montaghi A, Moudrý V, Naimi B, Ricotta C, Rossini M, Santi F, Santos MJ, Schaepman ME, Schneider FD, Schuh L, Silvestri S, Ŝímová P, Skidmore AK, Tattoni C, Tordoni E, Vicario S, Zannini P, Wegmann M. rasterdiv-An Information Theory tailored R package for measuring ecosystem heterogeneity from space: To the origin and back. Methods Ecol Evol 2021; 12:1093-1102. [PMID: 34262682 PMCID: PMC8252722 DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ecosystem heterogeneity has been widely recognized as a key ecological indicator of several ecological functions, diversity patterns and change, metapopulation dynamics, population connectivity or gene flow.In this paper, we present a new R package-rasterdiv-to calculate heterogeneity indices based on remotely sensed data. We also provide an ecological application at the landscape scale and demonstrate its power in revealing potentially hidden heterogeneity patterns.The rasterdiv package allows calculating multiple indices, robustly rooted in Information Theory, and based on reproducible open-source algorithms.
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- Duccio Rocchini
- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental SciencesAlma Mater Studiorum University of BolognaBolognaItaly
- Department of Spatial Sciences, Faculty of Environmental SciencesCzech University of Life Sciences PraguePraha ‐ SuchdolCzech Republic
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- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental SciencesAlma Mater Studiorum University of BolognaBolognaItaly
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and ImmunologySchool of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCAUSA
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- Georges Lemaître Center for Earth and Climate ResearchEarth and Life InstituteUCLouvainLouvain‐la‐NeuveBelgium
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- Faculty of Science and TechnologyFree University of Bolzano/BozenPiazza Universitá/Universitätsplatz 1BolzanoItaly
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- Department of Life SciencesUniversity of TriesteTriesteItaly
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- EcoBio (Ecosystèmes, Biodiversité, Évolution) ‐ UMR 6553Université de RennesCNRSRennesFrance
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- Department of MathematicsUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
- Department of Computational ScienceUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation GroupWageningen UniversityWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Unit of Computational BiologyResearch and Innovation CenterFondazione Edmund MachSan Michele all'AdigeItaly
- Department of CivilEnvironmental and Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of TrentoTrentoItaly
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- UR “Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés” (EDYSAN, UMR 7058 CNRS‐UPJV)Université de Picardie Jules VerneAmiensFrance
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- Department of Spatial Sciences, Faculty of Environmental SciencesCzech University of Life Sciences PraguePraha ‐ SuchdolCzech Republic
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- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental SciencesAlma Mater Studiorum University of BolognaBolognaItaly
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- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental SciencesAlma Mater Studiorum University of BolognaBolognaItaly
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- DAGRI Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and ForestryUniversity of FlorenceFirenzeItaly
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- Department of Spatial Sciences, Faculty of Environmental SciencesCzech University of Life Sciences PraguePraha ‐ SuchdolCzech Republic
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- Department of Geosciences and GeographyUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Environmental BiologyUniversity of Rome “La Sapienza'”RomeItaly
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- Remote Sensing of Environmental Dynamics LaboratoryDISATUniversitá degli Studi Milano‐BicoccaMilanoItaly
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- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental SciencesAlma Mater Studiorum University of BolognaBolognaItaly
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- Department of Geography, Earth System ScienceUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of GeographyRemote Sensing LaboratoriesUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of MathematicsUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental SciencesAlma Mater Studiorum University of BolognaBolognaItaly
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- Department of Spatial Sciences, Faculty of Environmental SciencesCzech University of Life Sciences PraguePraha ‐ SuchdolCzech Republic
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- Faculty of Geo‐Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)University of TwenteEnschedeThe Netherlands
- Department of Environmental ScienceMacquarie UniversitySydneyNSWAustralia
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI)University of FlorenceFirenzeItaly
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- Department of Life SciencesUniversity of TriesteTriesteItaly
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- CNR‐IIA C/O Physics Department “M. Merlin” University of BariBariItaly
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- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental SciencesAlma Mater Studiorum University of BolognaBolognaItaly
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- Department of Remote SensingUniversity of WuerzburgWürzburgGermany
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Eppinga MB, Baudena M, Haber EA, Rietkerk M, Wassen MJ, Santos MJ. Spatially explicit removal strategies increase the efficiency of invasive plant species control. Ecol Appl 2021; 31:e02257. [PMID: 33159346 PMCID: PMC8047905 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Effective management strategies are needed to control expansion of invasive alien plant species and attenuate economic and ecological impacts. While previous theoretical studies have assessed optimal control strategies that balance economic costs and ecological benefits, less attention has been paid to the ways in which the spatial characteristics of individual patches may mediate the effectiveness of management strategies. We developed a spatially explicit cellular automaton model for invasive species spread, and compared the effectiveness of seven control strategies. These control strategies used different criteria to prioritize the removal of invasive species patches from the landscape. The different criteria were related to patch size, patch geometry, and patch position within the landscape. Effectiveness of strategies was assessed for both seed dispersing and clonally expanding plant species. We found that, for seed-dispersing species, removal of small patches and removal of patches that are isolated within the landscape comprised relatively effective control strategies. For clonally expanding species, removal of patches based on their degree of isolation and their geometrical properties comprised relatively effective control strategies. Subsequently, we parameterized the model to mimic the observed spatial distribution of the invasive species Antigonon leptopus on St. Eustatius (northern Caribbean). This species expands clonally and also disperses via seeds, and model simulations showed that removal strategies focusing on smaller patches that are more isolated in the landscape would be most effective and could increase the effectiveness of a 10-yr control strategy by 30-90%, as compared to random removal of patches. Our study emphasizes the potential for invasive plant species management to utilize recent advances in remote sensing, which enable mapping of invasive species at the high spatial resolution needed to quantify patch geometries. The presented results highlight how this spatial information can be used in the design of more effective invasive species control strategies.
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- Maarten B. Eppinga
- Department of GeographyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
- URPP Global Change and BiodiversityUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable DevelopmentUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable DevelopmentUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable DevelopmentUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable DevelopmentUtrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Department of GeographyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
- URPP Global Change and BiodiversityUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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Haber EA, Santos MJ, Leitão PJ, Schwieder M, Ketner P, Ernst J, Rietkerk M, Wassen MJ, Eppinga MB. High spatial resolution mapping identifies habitat characteristics of the invasive vine
Antigonon leptopus
on St. Eustatius (Lesser Antilles). Biotropica 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Elizabeth A. Haber
- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development Faculty of Geosciences Utrecht University Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Department of Geography University of Zürich Zürich Switzerland
- University Research Priority Program in Global Change and Biodiversity University of Zurich Zürich Switzerland
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- Department Landscape Ecology and Environmental System Analysis Institute of Geoecology Technische Universität Braunschweig Braunschweig Germany
- Geography Department Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin Berlin Germany
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- Geography Department Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin Berlin Germany
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- Emeritus Tropical Nature Conservation and Vertebrate Ecology Group Department of Environmental Sciences Wageningen University The Netherlands
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development Faculty of Geosciences Utrecht University Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development Faculty of Geosciences Utrecht University Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Department of Geography University of Zürich Zürich Switzerland
- University Research Priority Program in Global Change and Biodiversity University of Zurich Zürich Switzerland
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Michelsen B, Georgiadis S, Di Giuseppe D, Loft AG, Nissen MJ, Iannone F, Pombo‐Suarez M, Mann H, Rotar Z, Eklund KK, Kvien TK, Santos MJ, Gudbjornsson B, Codreanu C, Yilmaz S, Wallman JK, Brahe CH, Möller B, Favalli EG, Sánchez‐Piedra C, Nekvindova L, Tomsic M, Trokovic N, Kristianslund EK, Santos H, Löve TJ, Ionescu R, Pehlivan Y, Jones GT, van der Horst‐Bruinsma I, Ørnbjerg LM, Østergaard M, Hetland ML. Real‐world 6 and 12‐month Drug Retention, Remission and Response Rates of Secukinumab in 2,017 Psoriatic Arthritis patients in 13 European Countries. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2021; 74:1205-1218. [DOI: 10.1002/acr.24560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Brigitte Michelsen
- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE) Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases Centre for Head and Orthopaedics Rigshospitalet, Glostrup Denmark
- Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine Hospital of Southern Norway Trust Kristiansand Norway
- Department of Rheumatology and Research Diakonhjemmet Hospital Oslo Norway
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE) Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases Centre for Head and Orthopaedics Rigshospitalet, Glostrup Denmark
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- Clinical Epidemiology Division Department of Medicine Solna Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden
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- DANBIO Registry Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases Centre for Head and Orthopaedics Rigshospitalet, Glostrup Denmark
- Department of Rheumatology Aarhus University Hospital Aarhus Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology Geneva University Hospital Geneva Switzerland
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- GISEA registry Rheumatology Unit – DETO University of Bari Italy
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- Rheumatology Service Hospital Clinico Universitario Santiago de Compostela Spain
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- Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Czech Republic
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- biorx. si Department of Rheumatology University Medical Centre Ljubljana Ljubljana Slovenia
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- Inflammation Center Department of Rheumatology Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland and ORTON Orthopaedic Hospital of the Orton Foundation Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Rheumatology and Research Diakonhjemmet Hospital Oslo Norway
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- Reuma.pt registry and Instituto de Medicina Molecular Faculdade de Medicina Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
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- Centre for Rheumatology Research (ICEBIO) University Hospital Faculty of Medicine University of Iceland Reykjavik Iceland
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest Romania
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- Division of Rheumatology Selcuk University School of Medicine Selcuklu, Konya Turkey
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund Rheumatology Lund University Skåne University Hospital Lund Sweden
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE) Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases Centre for Head and Orthopaedics Rigshospitalet, Glostrup Denmark
- DANBIO Registry Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases Centre for Head and Orthopaedics Rigshospitalet, Glostrup Denmark
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- Universitätsklinik für Rheumatologie Immunologie und Allergologie Inselspital Bern Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Rheumatology ASST Gaetano Pini‐CTO Institute Milan Italy
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- Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Czech Republic
- Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Ltd spinoff company of the Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic
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- biorx. si Department of Rheumatology University Medical Centre Ljubljana Ljubljana Slovenia
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- Inflammation Center Department of Rheumatology Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland and ORTON Orthopaedic Hospital of the Orton Foundation Helsinki Finland
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- Reuma.pt registry and Portuguese Institute of Rheumatology Lisbon Portugal
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- University of Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, and Department of Science and Research, Landspitali University Hospital Reykjavik Iceland
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest Romania
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- Rheumatology Department Faculty of Medicine Uludağ University Bursa Turkey
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- Epidemiology Group Aberdeen Centre for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health University of Aberdeen Aberdeen United Kingdom
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- Amsterdam University Medical Centres location VU University medical centre Department Rheumatology & Immunology Center (ARC) Amsterdam the Netherlands
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE) Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases Centre for Head and Orthopaedics Rigshospitalet, Glostrup Denmark
- DANBIO Registry Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases Centre for Head and Orthopaedics Rigshospitalet, Glostrup Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE) Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases Centre for Head and Orthopaedics Rigshospitalet, Glostrup Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE) Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases Centre for Head and Orthopaedics Rigshospitalet, Glostrup Denmark
- DANBIO Registry Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases Centre for Head and Orthopaedics Rigshospitalet, Glostrup Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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Bouderbala K, Rangel LF, Santos MJ, Bahri S. Zschokkella epinepheli n. sp. (Myxosporea: Myxidiidae) infecting the gallbladder of the white grouper Epinephelus aeneus (Serranidae) from Tunisian waters. Parasitol Res 2020; 120:45-54. [PMID: 33230611 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06977-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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A new coelozoic myxosporean species, Zschokkella epinepheli n. sp., collected from the gallbladder of the white grouper Epinephelus aeneus (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the bay of Bizerte, Tunisia, is described based on morphological and molecular characteristics. Myxospores and plasmodia were observed floating free in the bile. Mature plasmodia were polysporic and subspherical in shape, measuring 85.0-94.0 μm long and 70.0-82.0 μm wide. Mature myxospores were ovoid in valvular view, measuring 10.0 ± 1.7 (8.0-11.0) μm in length and 7.0 ± 0.3 (6.6-7.5) μm in width. Polar capsules were pyriform and equal in size, measuring 3.0 ± 0.2 (2.8-3.6) μm in length and 2.3 ± 0.3 (1.8-2.7) μm in width. Myxospore valves had 12-14 longitudinal striations. Based on the small subunit rDNA, the new species Z. epinepheli n. sp. differs from all other Zschokkella species for which there is a DNA sequence deposited in GenBank. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that Z. epinepheli n. sp. clustered in the marine subclade of Zschokkella species within the biliary tract IV clade. This is the first report of a Zschokkella species from the gallbladder of an epinephelin fishes.
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- Khouloud Bouderbala
- Laboratory of Biodiversity, Parasitology and Ecology of Aquatic Ecosystems, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia.
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences (FCUP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences (FCUP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Biodiversity, Parasitology and Ecology of Aquatic Ecosystems, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia
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Delta systems are fundamental to the persistence of large human populations, food systems and ecosystem processes. Structural changes in natural and social components of deltas, emerging from past land-use changes, have led deltas to become locked-in loosing the ability to transform back into living deltas, and making them more at risk. We propose a framework to assess whether deltas become locked-in by changes in natural or social infrastructure, by examining the dynamic coupling between population and land-use development over 300 years for 48 deltas globally. We find that 46% of the deltas are defined as living, where population, irrigation, and cropland are correlated. Of the 54% locked-in deltas, 21% show changes in natural infrastructure to cropland (n = 6) or irrigation (n = 4), and 33% (n = 16) show changes in social infrastructure. Most locked-in deltas are in Europe but also in other continents due to decoupled development of population and cropland. While, locked-in deltas due to changes in natural infrastructure have highest average risks, those with changes in social infrastructure and the living deltas have highest risks from future relative sea level rise. These results show that deltas have varying natural and social components derived from a 300 years historical perspective, which are not taken into account in risk assessments for global deltas.
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- Maria J Santos
- University Research Priority Program in Global Change and Biodiversity and Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Oostdijk M, Byrne C, Stefánsson G, Santos MJ, Woods PJ. Catch-quota matching allowances balance economic and ecological targets in a fishery managed by individual transferable quota. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:24771-24777. [PMID: 32958660 PMCID: PMC7547151 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2008001117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Fishers with individual catch quota, but limited control over the mix of species caught, depend on trade and catch-quota balancing allowances to fully utilize their quota without discarding. However, these allowances can theoretically lead to overfishing if total allowable catches (TACs) are consistently exceeded. This study investigates usage of balancing allowances by the Icelandic demersal fleet over 2001-2017, for over 1,900 vessels. When a vessel's demersal catch exceeds owned and leased quota for a given species, the gap can be bridged by borrowing quota from the subsequent fishing period or transforming unutilized quota in other species, restricted by limits. Conversely, excess quota can be saved or transformed into quota for species where there is a shortfall. We found evidence that balancing behavior is frequently similar across the fleet. Transformations are consistent with indicators of a general quota shortage and potential for arbitrage caused by differences in conversion ratios used for transformation and lease prices. Larger companies contribute more to these patterns. Nevertheless, TAC overages are generally modest especially in recent years-key reasons appear to be the tightening of vessel transformation limits and the central role of Atlantic cod, which is the main target species but cannot be persistently overfished due to a specific prohibition on positive transformations into the species. These results show how the tailored design of the Icelandic catch-quota balancing system has helped in balancing economic and ecological goals of management. We suggest policy changes that could further reduce ecological risks, e.g., prioritizing between-year transfers over transformations.
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- Maartje Oostdijk
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland;
- Environment and Resource Dynamics Group, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, 114 19 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Iceland, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
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- University Research Priority Program in Global Change and Biodiversity, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Geography, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Demersal Division, Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, 220 Hafnafjörður, Iceland
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Sarmento-Castro R, Méndez J, Horta A, Gonçalves C, Vasconcelos O, Seabra J, Abreu M, Gonçalves MJ, Santos MJ, Tavares AP. Hepatitis C treatment outcome in former or current intravenous drug users coinfected with HIV, with or without directly observed therapy. Infect Dis (Lond) 2020; 53:9-18. [PMID: 32820689 DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2020.1806352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Intravenous drug users (IDUs) with hepatitis C virus (HCV)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-coinfection are recognised as a high-risk, vulnerable group. METHODS Between February 2015 and April 2018, a single-centre, non-interventional cohort study was conducted in an outpatient setting, to evaluate the sustained virologic response (SVR12) and assess treatment uptake models. The study included 385 former or recent IDUs divided into two groups: A-without use of opioid substitution treatment (OST) and B-patients taking opioid substitution; patients in group B received OST and self-administered therapy (B1) or OST and therapy under DOT (B2). Patients were characterised by demographic and clinical features and compared for treatment response. Correlations between SVR12 and independent variables were determined by logistic regression. RESULTS Patients were mostly males (88.3%) with a mean age of 46 ± 5 years and HCV genotype 1a (63.7%). Approximately 28% were treatment-experienced and 84.9% received sofosbuvir/ledipasvir. The mean CD4+T count was 649 cells/mm3, and most individuals were on antiretroviral therapy with undetectable viral loads (97.4%). SVR12 was achieved in 94.8%, and only eight patients relapsed. No significant differences were found in treatment effect between individuals taking opioid substitutes under different treatment models. Correlations were found between HCV viral response and both HIV suppression and albumin levels. CONCLUSIONS IDU with HCV/HIV coinfection, including individuals on self-administration of HCV therapy and opioid substitution treatments or in DOT programmes, are no longer considered a difficult-to-treat group, as they achieve high rates of SVR12.
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- R Sarmento-Castro
- Serviço de Doenças Infeciosas, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto - Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Doenças Infeciosas, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto - Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Doenças Infeciosas, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto - Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Doenças Infeciosas, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto - Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Doenças Infeciosas, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto - Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Doenças Infeciosas, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto - Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Doenças Infeciosas, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto - Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Doenças Infeciosas, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto - Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Doenças Infeciosas, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto - Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal.,ARSN - Administração Regional De Saúde Do Norte I.P, Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Doenças Infeciosas, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto - Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal
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Lamelas-López L, Pardavila X, Borges PAV, Santos-Reis M, Amorim IR, Santos MJ. Modelling the distribution of Mustela nivalis and M. putorius in the Azores archipelago based on native and introduced ranges. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0237216. [PMID: 32764786 PMCID: PMC7413552 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The aims of this study were to predict the potential distribution of two introduced Mustelidae, Mustela nivalis and M. putorius in the Azores archipelago (Portugal), and evaluate the relative contribution of environmental factors from native and introduced ranges to predict species distribution ranges in oceanic islands. We developed two sets of Species Distribution Models using MaxEnt and distribution data from the native and introduced ranges of the species to project their potential distribution in the archipelago. We found differences in the predicted distributions for the models based on introduced and on native occurrences for both species, with different most important variables being selected. Climatic variables were most important for the introduced range models, while other groups of variables (i.e., human-disturbance) were included in the native-based models. Most of the islands of the Azorean archipelago were predicted to have suitable habitat for both species, even when not yet occupied. Our results showed that predicting the invaded range based on introduced range environmental conditions predicted a narrower range. These results highlight the difficulty to transfer models from native to introduced ranges across taxonomically related species, making it difficult to predict future invasions and range expansion.
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- Lucas Lamelas-López
- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University dos Azores, Azores, Portugal
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Ecology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, Spain
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University dos Azores, Azores, Portugal
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- cE3c –Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- cE3c –Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group and University of Azores, Azores, Portugal
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- University Research Priority Program in Global Change and Biodiversity, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Geography, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Azizi R, Yemmen C, Rangel LF, Santos MJ, Bahri S. Morphology, seasonality and molecular characterization of Ceratomyxa draconis n. sp. parasite of Trachinus draco (L.) from the Bay of Bizerte, Tunisia. Parasitol Res 2020; 119:2431-2438. [PMID: 32394002 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06664-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 03/15/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The specimens of Trachinus draco collected from the Bay of Bizerte were found to be infected with a new Ceratomyxa species described as Ceratomyxa draconis n. sp. The sequence of small subunit ribosomal RNA gene obtained in this study differs from other Ceratomyxa sequences available in GenBank. Mature spores of this species were elongated and crescent-shaped in sutural view, measuring 7.4 ± 0.77 (6.4-8.0) μm in thickness and 30.8 ± 1.65 (28.8-32.8) μm in width. The polar capsules were spherical, equal in size, and measuring 3.3 ± 0.2 (3.6-4.0) μm in diameter. The Ceratomyxa draconis n. sp. showed a clearly seasonal variation of prevalence with highest prevalence noted during summer months.
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- Ramla Azizi
- Laboratory of Biodiversity, Parasitology and Ecology of Aquatic Ecosystems, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Biodiversity, Parasitology and Ecology of Aquatic Ecosystems, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia.
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Biodiversity, Parasitology and Ecology of Aquatic Ecosystems, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia
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Ponte C, Khmelinskii N, Teixeira V, Luz K, Peixoto D, Rodrigues M, Luís M, Teixeira L, Sousa S, Madeira N, Aleixo JA, Pedrosa T, Serra S, Campanilho-Marques R, Castelão W, Cordeiro A, Cordeiro I, Fernandes S, Macieira C, Madureira P, Malcata A, Vieira R, Martins F, Sequeira G, Branco JC, Costa L, Patto JV, da Silva JC, Pereira da Silva JA, Afonso C, Canhão H, Santos MJ, Luqmani RA, Fonseca JE. Reuma.pt/vasculitis - the Portuguese vasculitis registry. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2020; 15:110. [PMID: 32370776 PMCID: PMC7201571 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-020-01381-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background The vasculitides are a group of rare diseases with different manifestations and outcomes. New therapeutic options have led to the need for long-term registries. The Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register, Reuma.pt, is a web-based electronic clinical record, created in 2008, which currently includes specific modules for 12 diseases and > 20,000 patients registered from 79 rheumatology centres. On October 2014, a dedicated module for vasculitis was created as part of the European Vasculitis Society collaborative network, enabling prospective collection and central storage of encrypted data from patients with this condition. All Portuguese rheumatology centres were invited to participate. Data regarding demographics, diagnosis, classification criteria, assessment tools, and treatment were collected. We aim to describe the structure of Reuma.pt/vasculitis and characterize the patients registered since its development. Results A total of 687 patients, with 1945 visits, from 13 centres were registered; mean age was 53.4 ± 19.3 years at last visit and 68.7% were females. The most common diagnoses were Behçet’s disease (BD) (42.5%) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) (17.8%). Patients with BD met the International Study Group criteria and the International Criteria for BD in 85.3 and 97.2% of cases, respectively. Within the most common small- and medium-vessel vasculitides registered, median [interquartile range] Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (BVAS) at first visit was highest in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) (17.0 [12.0]); there were no differences in the proportion of patients with AAV or polyarteritis nodosa who relapsed (BVAS≥1) or had a major relapse (≥1 major BVAS item) during prospective assessment (p = 1.00, p = 0.479). Biologic treatment was prescribed in 0.8% of patients with GCA, 26.7% of patients with AAV, and 7.6% of patients with BD. There were 34 (4.9%) deaths reported. Conclusions Reuma.pt/vasculitis is a bespoke web-based registry adapted for routine care of patients with this form of rare and complex diseases, allowing an efficient data-repository at a national level with the potential to link with other international databases. It facilitates research, trials recruitment, service planning and benchmarking.
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- Cristina Ponte
- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria - Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. .,Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria - Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria - Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria - Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,Rheumatology Department, Universidade Federal do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Rheumatology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.,Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santo André - Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal.,Rheumatology Department, Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça, Funchal, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Instituto Português de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.,Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Gaia, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal.,Multidisciplinary Unit of Chronic Pain, Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, Setúbal, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria - Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,Rheumatology Department, Instituto Português de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria - Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria - Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Barreiro Montijo, Barreiro, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria - Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.,Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Gaia, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Faro, Centro Hospitalar do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Instituto Português de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, Portugal
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- Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal.,CEDOC, EpiDoC Unit, NOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal.,Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria - Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,Unidade de Investigação em Reumatologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Santos MJ, Hui I. Effect of governance structure on conservation land acquisition in California over the last 100 years. J Environ Manage 2020; 261:110269. [PMID: 32148325 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The process of expanding a network of conservation areas includes identifying valuable areas for conservation, devising policies and implementing conservation actions on the ground. While the first two components are often analyzed in conservation science, the literature seldom focuses on the implementation process, particularly, how the governance structure acts as driver of conservation outcomes. In this paper, we analyze the process of development of the conservation network in California between 1910 and 2010 to test whether governance structure explains the variation in the attribution of land for conservation over time. We find that governance structure does play an important role in the development of the conservation network over the century. We find evidence that polycentric and diverse governance structures result in better conservation outcomes (i.e. more area of land acquired for conservation). Arrangements that included multiple levels of agencies (e.g. Federal, State, and County) better predict the area of conservation land per decade. Location of conservation action per county had an effect on conservation outcomes over the last decades, and we also find a strong negative effect of per capita income in the implementation of conservation actions. These results suggest that it is possible to leverage governance structure to meet future conservation challenges through the maintenance of a diverse and polycentric governance structure.
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- Maria J Santos
- Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University, California, USA; Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis, Stanford University, California, USA.
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- Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University, California, USA
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Bouderbala K, Rangel LF, Santos MJ, Bahri S. Ceratomyxa mennani n. sp. (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) parasitizing the gallbladder of the dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus (Serranidae) from Tunisian waters. Parasitol Res 2020; 119:1515-1522. [PMID: 32206884 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06649-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Ceratomyxa mennani n. sp. is a new coelozoic Ceratomyxa species found in the gallbladder of Epinephelus marginatus from the Gulf of Tunis, Tunisia. Mature plasmodia were disporic, ovoid in shape measuring 9-12 μm in width and 11-14 μm in length. Mature myxospores were slightly crescent-shaped with almost straight posterior margin, measuring 5.8 ± 0.2 (5.4-6.1) μm in length and 12.7 ± 0.3 (11.9-13.0) μm in thickness. The two valves were unequal with rounded ends. Polar capsules were spherical, equal in size with 2.1 ± 0.2 (1.9-2.6) μm in diameter. The binucleated sporoplasm filled the entire cavity of the myxospore. Molecular analysis of SSU rDNA sequences indicated that C. mennani n. sp. was distinct from all other Ceratomyxa sequences in GenBank. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that C. mennani n. sp. clustered with Ceratomyxa species infecting Epinephelinae fishes. Seasonal prevalence of infection over one year was significantly higher in winter and the lowest in autumn. This is the third report of Ceratomyxa species infecting the gallbladder of Epinephelus marginatus from Tunisia and the first study to include molecular data.
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- Khouloud Bouderbala
- Laboratory of Biodiversity, Parasitology and Ecology of Aquatic Ecosystems, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia.
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences (FCUP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences (FCUP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Biodiversity, Parasitology and Ecology of Aquatic Ecosystems, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia
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Lauper K, Mongin D, Iannone F, Kristianslund EK, Kvien TK, Nordström DC, Pavelka K, Pombo-Suarez M, Rotar Z, Santos MJ, Codreanu C, Lukina G, Gale SL, John M, Luder Y, Courvoisier DS, Gabay C. Comparative effectiveness of TNF inhibitors and tocilizumab with and without conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in a pan-European observational cohort of bio-naïve patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2020; 50:17-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2019.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Jezeer RE, Verweij PA, Boot RGA, Junginger M, Santos MJ. Influence of livelihood assets, experienced shocks and perceived risks on smallholder coffee farming practices in Peru. J Environ Manage 2019; 242:496-506. [PMID: 31075644 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.04.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Revised: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Smallholder farmers might adopt different farming practices to cope with multiple stressors depending on their livelihood assets, and with varying environmental and economic outcomes. Ongoing global change is triggering stronger and different stressors that threaten conventional farming practices; however, this could be resolved if livelihood assets that drive decision making are actionable and thus can be modified. This study assessed the influence of farmers' livelihood assets, risk perception, and shocks on the choice of non-conventional farming practices for smallholder coffee farmers in San Martín, Peru. Using household survey data, we collected data on 162 coffee plantations along an elevation gradient. We operationalized the sustainable livelihoods framework for the adoption of shade and input coffee farming strategies and explored farmers' motives to change them. Despite associated high risks with pest and disease pressure, coffee price volatility and climate change, these risks did not explain the current shade and input farming strategies. While in the past five years, farmers adapted shade and input management in response to pest and disease and climate change pressures, these occurred in diverging directions: we found higher human and social assets associated with higher shade levels, and a trend for higher physical and financial assets associated with higher input use. These findings illustrate that two main factors affect decisions on farming practices related to shade and input management and they relate to different livelihood capitals. This suggests a potential for conflicting decision-making, push-and-pulling decisions in different directions. Further the disconnect between livelihood assets and perceptions suggests that perception of risk and shocks might not be sufficient to motivate decision making under changing conditions. Such insights in decision-making typologies and drivers can inform the development of farming practices that enhance resilience and sustainability of smallholder coffee production in Peru and elsewhere in the tropics.
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- Rosalien E Jezeer
- Group Energy and Resources, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, Utrecht, 3584 CS, Netherlands; Tropenbos International, Lawickse Allee 11, Wageningen, 6701 AN, Netherlands.
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- Group Energy and Resources, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, Utrecht, 3584 CS, Netherlands.
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- Tropenbos International, Lawickse Allee 11, Wageningen, 6701 AN, Netherlands; Section of Ecology & Biodiversity, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Utrecht, 3584 CH, Netherlands.
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- Group Energy and Resources, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, Utrecht, 3584 CS, Netherlands.
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- University Research Priority Program on Global Change and Biodiversity and Department of Geography, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zürich, 8057, Switzerland; Group Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3572TC Utrecht, Netherlands.
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Lauper K, Mongin D, Alpizar-Rodriguez D, Codreanu C, Iannone F, Kristianslund EK, Kvien TK, Pavelka K, Pombo-Suarez M, Santos MJ, Gabay C, Finckh A, Courvoisier DS. Drug retention of biological DMARD in rheumatoid arthritis patients: the role of baseline characteristics and disease evolution. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2019; 58:2221-2229. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Objective
To examine the association of the evolution in physician-reported and patient-reported outcomes with decision to stop biological DMARDs (bDMARDs) in RA. The contribution of baseline characteristics is well established, but little is known about how the disease evolution influences the decision to discontinue therapy.
Methods
RA patients who initiated a bDMARD treatment from 2009 and with information on date of visit were pooled from seven European RA registers. Each outcome was divided into baseline assessments (capturing the inter-individual differences at drug initiation) and changes from baseline at subsequent visits (capturing the individual evolution). Cox regression models were used to examine their association with drug discontinuation, adjusting for baseline patient and co-therapy characteristics and stratifying by register and calendar year of drug initiation.
Results
A total of 25 077 patients initiated a bDMARDs (18 507 a TNF-inhibitor, 3863 tocilizumab and 2707 abatacept) contributing an amount of 46 456.8 patient-years. Overall, drug discontinuation was most strongly associated with a poor evolution of the DAS28, with a hazard ratio of 1.34 (95% CI 1.29, 1.40), followed by its baseline value. A change of Physician Global Assessment was the next strongest predictor of discontinuation, then the Patient Global Assessment.
Conclusions
The decision to discontinue treatments appears to be mostly influenced by DAS28 and particularly its evolution over time, followed by Physician Global Assessment evolution, suggesting that the decision to stop bDMARDs relies more on the physician’s than on the patient’s global assessment.
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- Kim Lauper
- Division of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Center of Rheumatic Diseases, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Italy
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- Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Prague and Clinic of Rheumatology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Rheumatology Unit, Clinical University Hospital, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, Spain
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal, on behalf of Reuma.pt
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- Division of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Santos MJ, Ferreira E, Ferreira M. O6 Sexual and Reproductive Health Literacy in College Students. Eur J Public Health 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz098.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- M J Santos
- Health Higher School, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, PORTUGAL
- Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra, Coimbra, PORTUGAL
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- Faculty of Sciences and Psychology, University of Porto, Porto, PORTUGAL
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- Health Higher School of Viseu, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Viseu, PORTUGAL
- Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra, Coimbra, PORTUGAL
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Khanna S, Santos MJ, Boyer JD, Shapiro KD, Bellvert J, Ustin SL. Water primrose invasion changes successional pathways in an estuarine ecosystem. Ecosphere 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Shruti Khanna
- Interagency Ecological Program; California Department of Fish and Wildlife; 2109 Arch Airport Road, Suite 100 Stockton California 95206 USA
- Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing; University of California; One Shields Avenue Davis California 95616 USA
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- University Research Priority Program in Global Change and Biodiversity and Department of Geography; University of Zürich; Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zürich Switzerland
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- Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing; University of California; One Shields Avenue Davis California 95616 USA
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- Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing; University of California; One Shields Avenue Davis California 95616 USA
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- Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing; University of California; One Shields Avenue Davis California 95616 USA
- Efficient Use of Water in Agriculture Program, Institute of Agri-Food, Research and Technology (IRTA), Fruitcentre; Parc Científic i Tecnològic de Gardeny; 25008 Lleida Spain
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- Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing; University of California; One Shields Avenue Davis California 95616 USA
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Garbouj M, Rangel LF, Santos MJ, Bahri S. Ceratomyxa gouletti n. sp. (Myxosporea: Ceratomyxidae), a parasite of the red scorpionfish Scorpaena scrofa (L.) from Tunisian waters. Parasitol Res 2018; 117:1933-1939. [PMID: 29713903 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-018-5888-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
Abstract
Ceratomyxa gouletti n. sp. is a new parasite described from the gallbladder of the red scorpionfish Scorpaena scrofa (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) collected from La Goulette in the Northeast of Tunisia. The parasite develops disporic plasmodia, elliptical to ovoid in shape, measuring up to 33.1 ± 3.6 (28.0-38.2) μm in length and 12.5 ± 2.1 (11.3-14.0) μm in width. Mature spores are elongated transversely and crescent-shaped with rounded ends and unequal shell valves, measuring 8.1 ± 1.27 (7.2-9.0) μm in length and 32.0 ± 2.5 (27.0-38.2) μm in thickness. Sutural line is straight and visible between valves. Polar capsules are subspherical with 3.15 ± 0.63 (2.7-3.6) μm long and 1.9 ± 0.14 (1.8-2.0) μm wide. Posterior spore angle is slightly concave 160°-175°. Molecular analysis based on the small subunit 18S rDNA sequence shows that C. gouletti n. sp. is different from all other ceratomyxid species DNA sequences in GenBank. Phylogenetic trees clustered the new species with long-branching Ceratomyxa species, and it was closely related to the species Ceratomyxa longipes from two gadid fish hosts with 89% bootstrap support.
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Affiliation(s)
- Myriam Garbouj
- Research Unit of Integrative Biology, Evolutionary and Functional Ecology of Aquatic Systems, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia.
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Research Unit of Integrative Biology, Evolutionary and Functional Ecology of Aquatic Systems, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia
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