doi: 10.3201/eid1212.060522.
Zoonotic focus of plague, Algeria
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Zoonotic focus of plague, Algeria
Emerg Infect Dis.
2006 Dec.
Abstract
After an outbreak of human plague, 95 Xenopsylla cheopis fleas from Algeria were tested for Yersinia pestis with PCR methods. Nine fleas were definitively confirmed to be infected with Y. pestis biovar orientalis. Our results demonstrate the persistence of a zoonotic focus of Y. pestis in Algeria.
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Map of the zone where fleas were collected and sites of epidemic plague reported, Algeria, June 2003.
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