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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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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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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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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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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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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2016 Plague, caused by Yersinia pestitis, is an infectious bacterial disease that has a high fatality rate if untreated. Rodents are plague reservoirs and play an important role in disease spread.
Madiha Shabbir +6 more
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The Plague (Black Death) Is Still Around and May Come Back [PDF]
International Journal of Epidemiologic Research, 2022 Plague has been among the most devastating infectious diseases in human history. The decrease in the plague in recently reported cases and studies implies that the plague should not recur, but the fact is that it (Black Death) is still around and may ...
Nader Aghakhani +4 more
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Human plague system associated with rodent diversity and other environmental factors [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Plague remains a threat to public health and is considered as a re-emerging infectious disease today. Rodents play an important role as major hosts in plague persistence and driving plague outbreaks in natural foci; however, few studies have tested the ...
Zhe Sun +13 more
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Plague: From Natural Disease to Bioterrorism [PDF]
Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2005 Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of plague, an enzootic vectorborne disease usually infecting rodents (rats) and fleas. Humans can become infected after being bitten by fleas that have fed on infected rodents. In humans, the disease usually occurs in the form of bubonic plague. In rare cases, the infection spreads to the lungs via the bloodstream
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Plague: Bridging gaps towards better disease control
Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses, 2018 After centuries of epidemics and more than a hundred years since the identification of the causative bacterium, very little is known about the plague dynamics in animal reservoirs, vectors and the changing vulnerabilities for humans. The recent plague epidemic in Madagascar in 2017 highlights these gaps existing within the knowledge of the disease ...
E. D’Ortenzio +7 more
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