The "Host Niche Hypothesis" (HNH) postulates that plague distributions are mediated by host distributions, such that the distribution of plague depends on an amalgam of host ranges, and the presence of a particular host species could extend the distributional potential of the pathogen [ 11].
These port cities became plague-distribution centres, and between 1894 and 1922 the disease spread throughout the whole world, more widely than in any preceding pandemic, resulting in more than 10 million deaths.
Plagued by distribution difficulties, inflated estimates of demand and bureaucratic red tape, more businesses are leaving China, deciding that the market can wait.
BMG's investment in 2000 in Napster, the legally plagued online music distribution system, has been a bust so far.
Great works of art, which ideally should serve as symbols of human experience refined into culture, are gaining attention as symbols of the almost feudal inequalities that plague the world's distribution of wealth.
The geographic distribution of plague patients was visualized by using a simplified map of Mahajanga.
A general change in the distribution of plague cases during the study period was also observed.
The geographic distribution of plague laboratory-confirmed cases according to districts is shown in Figure 4.
In this study, we applied field surveillance data with GIS/RS-based ecological niche modeling approach to increase our understanding of the suitable habitat of enzootic plague and anticipate the distribution of the natural foci in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
The demographic shift in burden of illness from persons of Asian heritage to those of American Indian heritage over time reflects change in the geographic distribution of plague from overcrowded urban neighborhoods dominated by immigrant populations along the Pacific Coast to the rural areas in the Southwest, including tribal lands.
Distribution issues plagued the band's debut effort, however, and three years passed before it hit stores as Boomslang (2003).
