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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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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author Ramasindrazana, Beza
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Ratsitorahina, Maherisoa
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description 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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spelling pubmed-53827342017-04-06 Pneumonic Plague Transmission, Moramanga, Madagascar, 2015 Ramasindrazana, Beza Andrianaivoarimanana, Voahangy Rakotondramanga, Jean Marius Birdsell, Dawn N. Ratsitorahina, Maherisoa Rajerison, Minoarisoa Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5382734/ /pubmed/28221119 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161406 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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