Epizootiologic Parameters for Plague in Kazakhstan

Reliable estimates are lacking of key epizootiologic parameters for plague caused by Yersinia pestis infection in its natural reservoirs. We report results of a 3-year longitudinal study of plague dynamics in populations of a maintenance host, the great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus), in 2 populations in...

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Autores principales: Begon, Michael, Klassovskiy, Nikolay, Ageyev, Vladimir, Suleimenov, Bakhtiar, Atshabar, Bakhyt, Bennett, Malcolm
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3373080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16494753
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1202.050651
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author Begon, Michael
Klassovskiy, Nikolay
Ageyev, Vladimir
Suleimenov, Bakhtiar
Atshabar, Bakhyt
Bennett, Malcolm
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Bennett, Malcolm
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description Reliable estimates are lacking of key epizootiologic parameters for plague caused by Yersinia pestis infection in its natural reservoirs. We report results of a 3-year longitudinal study of plague dynamics in populations of a maintenance host, the great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus), in 2 populations in Kazakhstan. Serologic results suggest a mid-summer peak in the abundance of infectious hosts and possible transmission from the reservoir to humans. Decrease in antibody titer to an undetectable level showed no seasonal pattern. Our findings did not support the use of the nitroblue-tetrazolium test characterization of plague-infected hosts. Y. pestis infection reduced survival of otherwise asymptomatic hosts.
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spelling pubmed-33730802012-06-13 Epizootiologic Parameters for Plague in Kazakhstan Begon, Michael Klassovskiy, Nikolay Ageyev, Vladimir Suleimenov, Bakhtiar Atshabar, Bakhyt Bennett, Malcolm Emerg Infect Dis Research Reliable estimates are lacking of key epizootiologic parameters for plague caused by Yersinia pestis infection in its natural reservoirs. We report results of a 3-year longitudinal study of plague dynamics in populations of a maintenance host, the great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus), in 2 populations in Kazakhstan. Serologic results suggest a mid-summer peak in the abundance of infectious hosts and possible transmission from the reservoir to humans. Decrease in antibody titer to an undetectable level showed no seasonal pattern. Our findings did not support the use of the nitroblue-tetrazolium test characterization of plague-infected hosts. Y. pestis infection reduced survival of otherwise asymptomatic hosts. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3373080/ /pubmed/16494753 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1202.050651 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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