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Multiple Introductions of <i>Yersinia pestis</i> during Urban Pneumonic Plague Epidemic, Madagascar, 2017

25 Jan 2024

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Pneumonic plague (PP) is characterized by high infection rate, person-to-person transmission, and rapid progression to severe disease. In 2017, a PP epidemic occurred in 2 Madagascar urban areas, Antananarivo and Toamasina. We used epidemiologic data and Yersinia pestis genomic characterization to determine the sources of this epidemic. Human plague emerged independently from environmental reservoirs in rural...

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PMID: 38270131
DOI: 10.3201/eid3002.230759

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