Upper Cenomanian to Santonian ammonite faunas from the northern part of the North-Castillian platform and the southern part of the Navarro-Cantabrian basin

This work, based on the Doctoral thesis of the autor (Santamaría, 1991), deals on the sistematics of the superfamiliy Acanthocerataceae from the Upper Cenomanian to Santonian of the northern part of the North-Castillian platform and the southern part of the Navarro-Cantabrian basin. In this second part fifty ammonite species are described, being two of them new: Romaniceras (R.) navarrense and Eulophoceras losaense. Key Words: Ammonites, Upper Cretaceous, North-castillian platform, Navarro-Cantabrian basin, Taxonomy, Acanthocerataceae.En este trabajo, basado en la Tesis Doctoral del autor (Santamaría, 1991), se culmina el estudio sistemático de la fauna de ammonoideos del Cenomaniense superior al Santoniense de la parte septentrional de la plataforma nord-castellana y la parte meridional de la cuenca navarro-cántabra. En esta segunda parte se describen un total de cincuenta especies de ammonites, pertenecientes todas ellas a la superfamilia Acanthocerataceae. De ellas, dos han resultado ser nuevas: Romaniceras (R.) navarrense y Eulophoceras losaense. Palabras clave: Ammonoideos, Cretácico superior, Plataforma nord-castellana, Cuenca navarro-cántabra, Taxonomía, Acanthoceratacea

Macrofauna de invertebrados del Cretácico superior de la Depresión Central Asturiana

Se reporta y comenta la fauna de inocerámidos, rudistas, ammonites, braquiópodos y equmnidos recogida y localizada en yacimientos o series estratigráficas de detalle, durante los trabajos de campo de la tesis doctoral del primero de los autores (E.B.) sobre los seláceos del Cretácico de Asturias. La distribución, principalmente de inocerámidos y ammonites, permite identificar el Cenomaniense superior y el Turoniense inferior y medio. Se han reconocido rudistas del Turoniense superior y del Coniaciense, braquiópodos del Cenomaniense y del Santoniense inferior y un registro relativamente rico y variado de equínidos desde el Cenomaniense hasta el Coniaciense.The fauna collected and located on fossil localities or stratigraphical profiles, during the field work of the first author's doctoral thesis on the Cretaceous selachians from Asturias, is reported and commented. It includes inoceramids, rudists, ammonoids, brachiopods and echinoids. Distribution of, mainly inoceramids and ammonoids, allowed to identify the Upper Cenomanian and the Lower and Middle Turonian. LateTuronian and Coniacian rudists have been recognized, as well as Cenomanian and lower Santonian brachiopods and a quite rich and diversified record of echinoids ranging from Cenomanian to Coniacian

Assessment of two complementary influenza surveillance systems : Sentinel primary care influenza-like illness versus severe hospitalized laboratory-confirmed influenza using the moving epidemic method

Monitoring seasonal influenza epidemics is the corner stone to epidemiological surveillance of acute respiratory virus infections worldwide. This work aims to compare two sentinel surveillance systems within the Daily Acute Respiratory Infection Information System of Catalonia (PIDIRAC), the primary care ILI and Influenza confirmed samples from primary care (PIDIRAC-ILI and PIDIRAC-FLU) and the severe hospitalized laboratory confirmed influenza system (SHLCI), in regard to how they behave in the forecasting of epidemic onset and severity allowing for healthcare preparedness. Epidemiological study carried out during seven influenza seasons (2010-2017) in Catalonia, with data from influenza sentinel surveillance of primary care physicians reporting ILI along with laboratory confirmation of influenza from systematic sampling of ILI cases and 12 hospitals that provided data on severe hospitalized cases with laboratory-confirmed influenza (SHLCI-FLU). Epidemic thresholds for ILI and SHLCI-FLU (overall) as well as influenza A (SHLCI-FLUA) and influenza B (SHLCI-FLUB) incidence rates were assessed by the Moving Epidemics Method. Epidemic thresholds for primary care sentinel surveillance influenza-like illness (PIDIRAC-ILI) incidence rates ranged from 83.65 to 503.92 per 100.000 h. Paired incidence rate curves for SHLCI-FLU/PIDIRAC-ILI and SHLCI-FLUA/PIDIRAC-FLUA showed best correlation index' (0.805 and 0.724 respectively). Assessing delay in reaching epidemic level, PIDIRAC-ILI source forecasts an average of 1.6 weeks before the rest of sources paired. Differences are higher when SHLCI cases are paired to PIDIRAC-ILI and PIDIRAC-FLUB although statistical significance was observed only for SHLCI-FLU/PIDIRAC-ILI (p-value Wilcoxon test = 0.039). The combined ILI and confirmed influenza from primary care along with the severe hospitalized laboratory confirmed influenza data from PIDIRAC sentinel surveillance system provides timely and accurate syndromic and virological surveillance of influenza from the community level to hospitalization of severe cases