Plague circulation and population genetics of the reservoir Rattus rattus: the influence of topographic relief on the distribution of the disease within the Madagascan focus. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013 BACKGROUND:Landscape may affect the distribution of infectious diseases by influencing the population density and dispersal of hosts and vectors. Plague (Yersinia pestis infection) is a highly virulent, re-emerging disease, the ecology of which has been ...
Carine Brouat +7 more
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A non-stationary relationship between global climate phenomena and human plague incidence in Madagascar. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 BackgroundPlague, a zoonosis caused by Yersinia pestis, is found in Asia and the Americas, but predominantly in Africa, with the island of Madagascar reporting almost one third of human cases worldwide.
Katharina S Kreppel +6 more
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A Decade of Plague in Mahajanga, Madagascar: Insights into the Global Maritime Spread of Pandemic Plague [PDF]
mBio, 2013 A cluster of human plague cases occurred in the seaport city of Mahajanga, Madagascar, from 1991 to 1999 following 62 years with no evidence of plague, which offered insights into plague pathogen dynamics in an urban environment.
Amy J. Vogler +8 more
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Eighteenth century Yersinia pestis genomes reveal the long-term persistence of an historical plague focus [PDF]
eLife, 2016 The 14th–18th century pandemic of Yersinia pestis caused devastating disease outbreaks in Europe for almost 400 years. The reasons for plague’s persistence and abrupt disappearance in Europe are poorly understood, but could have been due to either the ...
Kirsten I Bos +16 more
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Plague, a Reemerging Disease in Madagascar [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1998 Human cases of plague, which had virtually disappeared in Madagascar after the 1930s, reappeared in 1990 with more than 200 confirmed or presumptive cases reported each year since. In the port of Mahajanga, plague has been reintroduced, and epidemics occur every year. In Antananarivo, the capital, the number of new cases has increased, and many rodents
Suzanne Chanteau +6 more
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Yersinia pestis DNA from Skeletal Remains from the 6th Century AD Reveals Insights into Justinianic Plague [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2013 Yersinia pestis, the etiologic agent of the disease plague, has been implicated in three historical pandemics. These include the third pandemic of the 19(th) and 20(th) centuries, during which plague was spread around the world, and the second pandemic ...
David M Wagner +2 more
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Influence of natural and anthropogenic drivers on plague risk in Southwest China: A multicenter cross-sectional study [PDF]
One HealthThe natural and anthropogenic environment have contributed to the dynamic risk of plague and their threats to human health. Although evidence has indicated the environmental suitability for disease dynamics, the alteration of the risk by anthropogenic ...
Zhe Lou +9 more
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Quantitative Detection of Active Vibrios Associated with White Plague Disease in Mussismilia braziliensis Corals. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2017 Chimetto Tonon LA +8 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1996 In September 1994, in response to a reported epidemic of plague in India, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) enhanced surveillance in the United States for imported pneumonic plague.
Curtis L. Fritz +5 more
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Infectious Disease. Plague Linked to Precipitation
Environmental Health Perspectives, 2000 Bob Weinhold
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