Pneumonic Plague Transmission, Moramanga, Madagascar, 2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Ramasindrazana, Beza ; Andrianaivoarimanana, Voahangy ; Rakotondramanga, Jean Marius ; Birdsell, Dawn N. ; Ratsitorahina, Maherisoa ; Rajerison, Minoarisoa
• 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.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Contact Tracing Dispatch Female Humans Male Middle Aged Plague Yersinia Pestis Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(3):521-524.
• Pubmed ID:
  28221119
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5382734
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Madagascar
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:22de78f4d8a9fc187985fb0902e6f1420ce6fad8302aa6751027671d922952fa
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/44941/cdc_44941_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.21 MB ]