Reemergence of human plague in Yunnan, China in 2016.

The third plague pandemic originated from Yunnan Province, China in the middle of the 19th century. The last human plague epidemic in Yunnan occurred from 1986-2005. On June 6, 2016, a case of human plague was reported in the Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan. The patient suffered from primary septic...

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Main Authors: Liyuan Shi, Guirong Yang, Zhikai Zhang, Lianxu Xia, Ying Liang, Hongli Tan, Jinrong He, Jianguo Xu, Zhizhong Song, Wei Li, Peng Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5999221?pdf=render