Ecologic Features of Plague Outbreak Areas, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2004–2014

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Abedi, Aaron Aruna ; Shako, Jean-Christophe ; Gaudart, Jean ; Sudre, Bertrand ; Ilunga, Benoit Kebela ; Shamamba, Stomy Karhemere Bi ; Diatta, Georges ; Davoust, Bernard ; Tamfum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe ; Piarroux, Renaud ; Piarroux, Martine
• Description:
  During 2004-2014, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared 54% of plague cases worldwide. Using national data, we characterized the epidemiology of human plague in DRC for this period. All 4,630 suspected human plague cases and 349 deaths recorded in DRC came from Orientale Province. Pneumonic plague cases (8.8% of total) occurred during 2 major outbreaks in mining camps in the equatorial forest, and some limited outbreaks occurred in the Ituri highlands. Epidemics originated in 5 health zones clustered in Ituri, where sporadic bubonic cases were recorded throughout every year. Classification and regression tree characterized this cluster by the dominance of ecosystem 40 (mountain tropical climate). In conclusion, a small, stable, endemic focus of plague in the highlands of the Ituri tropical region persisted, acting as a source of outbreaks in DRC.
• Subjects:
  Animals Disease Outbreaks Forests Humans Mining Occupational Exposure Plague/epidemiology Population Surveillance Retrospective Studies Synopsis Time Factors Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(2):210-220.
• Pubmed ID:
  29350136
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5782875
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:41bca286991387826fda63a87fd7c41700a4dfadf9249bbf5c89f11bc72d644f
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/51365/cdc_51365_DS1.pdf
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