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
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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 ...
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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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Infectious Disease. Plague Linked to Precipitation
Environmental Health Perspectives, 2000 Bob Weinhold
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Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Background The Junggar Basin plague focus was the most recently identified natural plague focus in China. Through extensive field investigations, great gerbils (Rhombomys opimus) have been confirmed as the main host in this focus, and the community ...
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Scientific Reports, 2021 In the present study, surveys of case numbers, constituent ratios, conventional biotyping, and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) were applied to characterize the incidence rate and epidemiological characteristics of human brucellosis in Shaanxi Province,
Cui-hong An +7 more
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Tackling COVID-19: Insights from the Qinghai Province plague prevention and control (PPC) model
Biosafety and Health, 2020 Plague, caused by Yersinia pestis, is a natural focus infectious disease. In China, plague is classified as category A, with the highest risk and hazard among the infectious diseases.
Haisheng Wu +8 more
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Host resistance, population structure and the long-term persistence of bubonic plague: contributions of a modelling approach in the Malagasy focus. [PDF]
PLoS Computational Biology, 2013 Although bubonic plague is an endemic zoonosis in many countries around the world, the factors responsible for the persistence of this highly virulent disease remain poorly known.
Fanny Gascuel +4 more
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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 ...
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