Plague and the Human Flea, Tanzania

Domestic fleas were collected in 12 villages in the western Usambara Mountains in Tanzania. Of these, 7 are considered villages with high plague frequency, where human plague was recorded during at least 6 of the 17 plague seasons between 1986 and 2004. In the remaining 5 villages with low plague fr...

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Main Authors: Anne Laudisoit, Herwig Leirs, Rhodes H. Makundi, Stefan Van Dongen, Stephen Davis, Simon Neerinckx, Jozef Deckers, Roland Libois
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/5/06-1084_article