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
Subjects:	plague Yersinia pestis pharyngitis gastroenteritis foodborne meningitis
Online Access:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/9/05-0081_article

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spelling	doaj-ea1312bdb007411c86ea8312282bdf802020-11-25T01:04:25ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592005-09-011191456145710.3201/eid1109.050081Plague from Eating Raw Camel LiverAbdulaziz A. Bin SaeedNasser A. Al-HamdanRobert E. FontaineWe 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) captured at the camel corral.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/9/05-0081_articleplagueYersinia pestispharyngitisgastroenteritisfoodbornemeningitis
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title	Plague from Eating Raw Camel Liver
title_short	Plague from Eating Raw Camel Liver
title_full	Plague from Eating Raw Camel Liver
title_fullStr	Plague from Eating Raw Camel Liver
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publisher	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
series	Emerging Infectious Diseases
issn	1080-6040 1080-6059
publishDate	2005-09-01
description	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) captured at the camel corral.
topic	plague Yersinia pestis pharyngitis gastroenteritis foodborne meningitis
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Plague from Eating Raw Camel Liver

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