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Reemergence of human plague in Yunnan, China in 2016.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Shi Liyuan, Yang Guirong, Zhang Zhikai, Xia Lianxu, Liang Ying, Tan Hongli, He Jinrong, Xu Jianguo, Song Zhizhong, Li Wei, Wang Peng
Abstract excerpt
The third plague pandemic originated from Yunnan Province, China in the middle of the 19th century. The last human plague epidemic in Yunnan occurred from 1986-2005. On June 6, 2016, a case of human plague was reported in the Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan. The patient suffered from primary septicemic plague after exposure to a dead house rat (Rattus flavipectus), which has been identified as the main plague...
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