Pneumonic Plague Transmission, Moramanga, Madagascar, 2015

During a pneumonic plague outbreak in Moramanga, Madagascar, we identified 4 confirmed, 1 presumptive, and 9 suspected plague case-patients. Human-to-human transmission among close contacts was high (reproductive number 1.44) and the case fatality rate was 71%. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the...

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Autores principales: Ramasindrazana, Beza, Andrianaivoarimanana, Voahangy, Rakotondramanga, Jean Marius, Birdsell, Dawn N., Ratsitorahina, Maherisoa, Rajerison, Minoarisoa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28221119
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161406
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Sumario:During a pneumonic plague outbreak in Moramanga, Madagascar, we identified 4 confirmed, 1 presumptive, and 9 suspected plague case-patients. Human-to-human transmission among close contacts was high (reproductive number 1.44) and the case fatality rate was 71%. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the Yersinia pestis isolates belonged to group q3, different from the previous outbreak.

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