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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 ...
Wenting Mou +11 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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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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Contrasted patterns of selection on MHC-linked microsatellites in natural populations of the Malagasy plague reservoir. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Plague (Yersinia pestis infection) is a highly virulent rodent disease that persists in many natural ecosystems. The black rat (Rattus rattus) is the main host involved in the plague focus of the central highlands of Madagascar.
Charlotte Tollenaere +6 more
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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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Plague Prevention and Therapy: Perspectives on Current and Future Strategies
Biomedicines, 2021 Plague, caused by the bacterial pathogen Yersinia pestis, is a vector-borne disease that has caused millions of human deaths over several centuries. Presently, human plague infections continue throughout the world.
Raysa Rosario-Acevedo +3 more
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Plague in Iran: its history and current status [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2016 OBJECTIVES: Plague remains a public health concern worldwide, particularly in old foci. Multiple epidemics of this disease have been recorded throughout the history of Iran.
Abdolrazagh Hashemi Shahraki +2 more
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Ecosystems and People, 2022 This study investigated the level of awareness and practices of local communities on Yersinia pestis plague disease in Nkayi and Umzingwane districts, south-western Zimbabwe.
Annabel Banda +4 more
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Examining the Direct and Indirect Effects of Climatic Variables on Plague Dynamics
Atmosphere, 2020 Climate change can influence infectious disease dynamics both directly, by affecting the disease ecology, and indirectly, through altering economic systems.
Ricci P.H. Yue, Harry F. Lee
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