Review Understanding the Persistence of Plague Foci in
Abstract: Plague, a zoonosis caused by Yersinia pestis, is still found in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Madagascar reports almost one third of the cases worldwide. Y. pestis can be encountered in three very different types of foci: urban, rural, and sylvatic. Flea vector and wild rodent host popul...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.635.2106 2023-05-15T18:05:13+02:00 Review Understanding the Persistence of Plague Foci in Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana Nohal Elissa Jean-marc Duplantier Elisabeth Carniel Minoarisoa Rajerison Ronan Jambou The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.635.2106 http://hal-riip.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/94/67/01/PDF/Understanding_the_Persistence_of_Plague_Foci_in_Madagascar.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.635.2106 http://hal-riip.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/94/67/01/PDF/Understanding_the_Persistence_of_Plague_Foci_in_Madagascar.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://hal-riip.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/94/67/01/PDF/Understanding_the_Persistence_of_Plague_Foci_in_Madagascar.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T15:39:59Z Abstract: Plague, a zoonosis caused by Yersinia pestis, is still found in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Madagascar reports almost one third of the cases worldwide. Y. pestis can be encountered in three very different types of foci: urban, rural, and sylvatic. Flea vector and wild rodent host population dynamics are tightly correlated with modula-tion of climatic conditions, an association that could be crucial for both the maintenance of foci and human plague epidemics. The black rat Rattus rattus, the main host of Y. pestis in Madagascar, is found to exhibit high resistance to plague in endemic areas, opposing the concept of high mortality rates among rats exposed to the infection. Also, endemic fleas could play an essential role in maintenance of the foci. This review discusses recent advances in the understanding of the role of these factors as well as human behavior in the persistence of plague in Madagascar. Text Rattus rattus Unknown |
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Abstract: Plague, a zoonosis caused by Yersinia pestis, is still found in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Madagascar reports almost one third of the cases worldwide. Y. pestis can be encountered in three very different types of foci: urban, rural, and sylvatic. Flea vector and wild rodent host population dynamics are tightly correlated with modula-tion of climatic conditions, an association that could be crucial for both the maintenance of foci and human plague epidemics. The black rat Rattus rattus, the main host of Y. pestis in Madagascar, is found to exhibit high resistance to plague in endemic areas, opposing the concept of high mortality rates among rats exposed to the infection. Also, endemic fleas could play an essential role in maintenance of the foci. This review discusses recent advances in the understanding of the role of these factors as well as human behavior in the persistence of plague in Madagascar. |
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