Understanding the persistence of plague foci in Madagascar.
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 dyna...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:a52239dd47d1493eb8d12dfd667fc345 2023-05-15T15:04:00+02:00 Understanding the persistence of plague foci in Madagascar. Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana Katharina Kreppel Nohal Elissa Jean-Marc Duplantier Elisabeth Carniel Minoarisoa Rajerison Ronan Jambou 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002382 https://doaj.org/article/a52239dd47d1493eb8d12dfd667fc345 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3820717?pdf=render https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002382 https://doaj.org/article/a52239dd47d1493eb8d12dfd667fc345 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 7, Iss 11, p e2382 (2013) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2013 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002382 2022-12-30T20:49:43Z 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 modulation 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Rattus rattus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 7 11 e2382 |
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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 modulation 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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Understanding the persistence of plague foci in Madagascar. |
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