Plague Reappearance in Algeria after 50 Years, 2003

An outbreak of plague occurred in the region of Oran, Algeria, from June to July 2003. Algeria had not reported this disease for >50 years. Eighteen bubonic cases were identified, and Yersinia pestis was isolated from 6 patients. Except for the index case-patient, all patients recovered. Targeted...

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Autores principales: Bertherat, Eric, Bekhoucha, Souad, Chougrani, Saada, Razik, Fathia, Duchemin, Jean B., Houti, Leila, Deharib, Larbi, Fayolle, Corinne, Makrerougrass, Banaouda, Dali-Yahia, Radia, Bellal, Ramdan, Belhabri, Leila, Chaieb, Amina, Tikhomirov, Evgueni, Carniel, Elisabeth
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2851531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18257987
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1310.070284

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