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Zoonotic Focus of Plague, Algeria
After an outbreak of human plague, 95 Xenopsylla cheopis fleas from Algeria were tested for Yersinia pestis with PCR methods. Nine fleas were definitively confirmed to be infected with Y. pestis biovar orientalis. Our results demonstrate the persistence of a zoonotic focus of Y. pestis in Algeria.
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2006
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291359/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17326957 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1212.060522 |