Molecular epidemiological investigations of plague in Eastern Province of Zambia

Molecular epidemiological investigations of plague in Eastern Province of Zambia

Abstract Background Plague is a flea-borne zoonotic and invasive disease caused by a gram negative coccobacillus bacterium called Yersinia pestis. Plague has caused three devastating pandemics globally namely: the Justinian, Black Death and Oriental plague. The disease in the Eastern Province of Zam...

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Main Authors: Stanley S. Nyirenda, Bernard M. Hang′ombe, Edgar Simulundu, Evans Mulenga, Ladslav Moonga, Robert S. Machang′u, Gerald Misinzo, Bukheti S. Kilonzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Yersinia pestis
Plague
Phylogenetic analysis
Zambia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-017-1146-8

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