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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Begon, Michael ; Klassovskiy, Nikolay ; Ageyev, Vladimir ; Suleimenov, Bakhtiar ; Atshabar, Bakhyt ; ... More +
Begon, Michael ; Klassovskiy, Nikolay ; Ageyev, Vladimir ; Suleimenov, Bakhtiar ; Atshabar, Bakhyt ; Bennett, Malcolm Less -
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.
Subject:
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Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial
Disease Outbreaks
Disease Reservoirs
Gerbillinae
Indicators And Reagents
Longitudinal Studies
Nitroblue Tetrazolium
Rodent Diseases
Zoonoses

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 12(2):268-273.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Kazakhstan
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:479b1538f0f0d996e04c448c1e1e9dcadeae07c727174fc68d8fe27349a8298f
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