Epidemiologic Features of Four Successive Annual Outbreaks of Bubonic Plague in Mahajanga, Madagascar

Epidemiologic Features of Four Successive Annual Outbreaks of Bubonic Plague in Mahajanga, Madagascar

From 1995 to 1998, outbreaks of bubonic plague occurred annually in the coastal city of Mahajanga, Madagascar. A total of 1,702 clinically suspected cases of bubonic plague were reported, including 515 laboratory confirmed by Yersinia pestis isolation (297), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, or bot...

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Main Authors: Pascal Boisier, Lila Rahalison, Monique Rasolomaharo, Maherisoa Ratsitorahina, Mahafaly Mahafaly, Maminirana Razafimahefa, Jean-Marc Duplantier, Lala Ratsifasoamanana, Suzanne Chanteau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
epidemiology
Madagascar
Plague
urban outbreak
Yersinia pestis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/3/01-0250_article

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