Plague from Eating Raw Camel Liver

We investigated a cluster of 5 plague cases; the patients included 4 with severe pharyngitis and submandibular lymphadenitis. These 4 case-patients had eaten raw camel liver. Yersinia pestis was isolated from bone marrow of the camel and from jirds (Meriones libycus) and fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) c...

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Main Authors: Abdulaziz A. Bin Saeed, Nasser A. Al-Hamdan, Robert E. Fontaine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/9/05-0081_article