Pneumonic Plague Outbreak, Northern Madagascar, 2011

• Published in: Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Authors: Richard, Vincent, Riehm, Julia M., Herindrainy, Perlinot, Soanandrasana, Rahelinirina, Ratsitoharina, Maherisoa, Rakotomanana, Fanjasoa, Andrianalimanana, Samuel, Scholz, Holger C., Rajerison, Minoarisoa
• Other Authors: Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Epidemiology Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Unité Peste - Plague Unit Antananarivo, Madagascar, INSTAT Madagascar (INSTAT), INSTAT Madagascar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: Pneumonic Plague; Outbreak; Northern Madagascar; [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases; The ''Y''; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01300528; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01300528/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01300528/file/Peste_Richard_eid%20ambilobe_2015.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2101.131828

International audience Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is endemic to Madagascar, particularly to the central highlands. Although plague has not been previously reported in northern Madagascar, an outbreak of pneumonic plague occurred in this remote area in 2011. Over a 27-day period...