Resurgence of the plague in the Ikongo district of Madagascar in 1998.
International audience Our survey of mammals and fleas arose as a result of an outbreak of bubonic plague at an usually low altitude in the Ikongo district (Madagascar), while a previous study had found anti-F1 antibodies in an endemic hedgehog. Animals were sampled with live traps in two hamlets (A...
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ftriip:oai:HAL:hal-03738245v1 2023-11-12T04:25:12+01:00 Resurgence of the plague in the Ikongo district of Madagascar in 1998. Résurgence de la peste dans le district d’Ikongo à Madagascar en 1998. Resurgence of the plague in the Ikongo district of Madagascar in 1998.: 2. Reservoirs and vectors implicated Résurgence de la peste dans le district d’Ikongo à Madagascar en 1998.: 2. Réservoirs et vecteurs impliqués. Duplantier, J., M. Duchemin, Jean-Bernard Ratsitorahina, M. Rahalison, L. Chanteau, S. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD Madagascar ) Institut Pasteur de Madagascar Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP) 2001-05-01 https://hal.science/hal-03738245 fr fre HAL CCSD info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/11475029 hal-03738245 https://hal.science/hal-03738245 PUBMED: 11475029 ISSN: 0037-9085 EISSN: 0037-9085 Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique https://hal.science/hal-03738245 Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique, 2001, 94 (2), pp.119-22 https://pathexo.societe-mtsi.fr/1845-bulletin_id_bull=94&id_volume=229&L=1.html plague reservoir small mammal flea Ikongo Madagascar Indian Ocean peste réservoir micromammifère puce Océan indien MESH: Animals MESH: Antibodies Bacterial MESH: Humans MESH: Madagascar MESH: Muridae MESH: Plague MESH: Rats MESH: Shrews MESH: Siphonaptera MESH: Yersinia pestis MESH: Disease Outbreaks MESH: Disease Reservoirs MESH: Disease Vectors MESH: Hedgehogs [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology [SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology [SDV.EE.SANT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment/Health [SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2001 ftriip 2023-10-24T21:06:43Z International audience Our survey of mammals and fleas arose as a result of an outbreak of bubonic plague at an usually low altitude in the Ikongo district (Madagascar), while a previous study had found anti-F1 antibodies in an endemic hedgehog. Animals were sampled with live traps in two hamlets (Antanambao-Vohidrotra, 540 m alt. and Ambalagoavy, 265 m alt.) and with pitfall traps in a neighbouring forest (750 m alt.). Rat fleas were collected by brushing the fur and free-living fleas by use of light traps. The introduced shrew Suncus murinus was found only in the village of Ambalagoavy while the black rat (Rattus rattus) was found in all three sites and the only seropositive rat was caught at Antanambao-Vohidrotra. In contrast, among the Tenrecidae (endemic shrews and hedgehogs) found in the forest near the first village, four animals were found seropositive for anti-F1 antibodies. One of them was carrying the endemic flea Paractenopsyllus pauliani, not yet reported as a vector of plague. The endemic vector of plague, Synopsyllus fonquerniei, was found only in the first village of Antanambao-Vohidrotra, and the cosmopolite flea Xenopsylla cheopis only in Ambalagoavy. Although no Yersinia pestis could be isolated and no F1-antigen could be detected in these animals, we found evidence of the recent transmission of plague in Antanambao-Vohidrotra and the nearby forest, but not in Ambalagoavy. These data corroborate with the sylvatic plague cycle hypothesis in Madagascar and its involvement in the outcome of the bubonic plague outbreak in this district. Une enquête mammalo-entomologique a été réalisée à la suite de la survenue, à une altitude inhabituellement basse pour Madagascar, d’une épidémie de peste bubonique dans le district d’Ikongo et à la présence d’anticorps anti-F1 chez un hérisson endémique lors d’une précédente étude. Les micromammifères ont été échantillonnés dans deux villages, Antanambao-Vohidrotra (540 m alt.) et Ambalagoavy (265 m alt.) à l’aide de pièges grillagés et de pièges Sherman, et ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur, Paris: HAL-RIIP Indian The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 65 5 491 497 |
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plague reservoir small mammal flea Ikongo Madagascar Indian Ocean peste réservoir micromammifère puce Océan indien MESH: Animals MESH: Antibodies Bacterial MESH: Humans MESH: Madagascar MESH: Muridae MESH: Plague MESH: Rats MESH: Shrews MESH: Siphonaptera MESH: Yersinia pestis MESH: Disease Outbreaks MESH: Disease Reservoirs MESH: Disease Vectors MESH: Hedgehogs [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology [SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology [SDV.EE.SANT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment/Health [SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology |
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plague reservoir small mammal flea Ikongo Madagascar Indian Ocean peste réservoir micromammifère puce Océan indien MESH: Animals MESH: Antibodies Bacterial MESH: Humans MESH: Madagascar MESH: Muridae MESH: Plague MESH: Rats MESH: Shrews MESH: Siphonaptera MESH: Yersinia pestis MESH: Disease Outbreaks MESH: Disease Reservoirs MESH: Disease Vectors MESH: Hedgehogs [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology [SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology [SDV.EE.SANT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment/Health [SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology Duplantier, J., M. Duchemin, Jean-Bernard Ratsitorahina, M. Rahalison, L. Chanteau, S. Resurgence of the plague in the Ikongo district of Madagascar in 1998. |
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plague reservoir small mammal flea Ikongo Madagascar Indian Ocean peste réservoir micromammifère puce Océan indien MESH: Animals MESH: Antibodies Bacterial MESH: Humans MESH: Madagascar MESH: Muridae MESH: Plague MESH: Rats MESH: Shrews MESH: Siphonaptera MESH: Yersinia pestis MESH: Disease Outbreaks MESH: Disease Reservoirs MESH: Disease Vectors MESH: Hedgehogs [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology [SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology [SDV.EE.SANT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment/Health [SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology |
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International audience Our survey of mammals and fleas arose as a result of an outbreak of bubonic plague at an usually low altitude in the Ikongo district (Madagascar), while a previous study had found anti-F1 antibodies in an endemic hedgehog. Animals were sampled with live traps in two hamlets (Antanambao-Vohidrotra, 540 m alt. and Ambalagoavy, 265 m alt.) and with pitfall traps in a neighbouring forest (750 m alt.). Rat fleas were collected by brushing the fur and free-living fleas by use of light traps. The introduced shrew Suncus murinus was found only in the village of Ambalagoavy while the black rat (Rattus rattus) was found in all three sites and the only seropositive rat was caught at Antanambao-Vohidrotra. In contrast, among the Tenrecidae (endemic shrews and hedgehogs) found in the forest near the first village, four animals were found seropositive for anti-F1 antibodies. One of them was carrying the endemic flea Paractenopsyllus pauliani, not yet reported as a vector of plague. The endemic vector of plague, Synopsyllus fonquerniei, was found only in the first village of Antanambao-Vohidrotra, and the cosmopolite flea Xenopsylla cheopis only in Ambalagoavy. Although no Yersinia pestis could be isolated and no F1-antigen could be detected in these animals, we found evidence of the recent transmission of plague in Antanambao-Vohidrotra and the nearby forest, but not in Ambalagoavy. These data corroborate with the sylvatic plague cycle hypothesis in Madagascar and its involvement in the outcome of the bubonic plague outbreak in this district. Une enquête mammalo-entomologique a été réalisée à la suite de la survenue, à une altitude inhabituellement basse pour Madagascar, d’une épidémie de peste bubonique dans le district d’Ikongo et à la présence d’anticorps anti-F1 chez un hérisson endémique lors d’une précédente étude. Les micromammifères ont été échantillonnés dans deux villages, Antanambao-Vohidrotra (540 m alt.) et Ambalagoavy (265 m alt.) à l’aide de pièges grillagés et de pièges Sherman, et ... |
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Resurgence of the plague in the Ikongo district of Madagascar in 1998. |
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Resurgence of the plague in the Ikongo district of Madagascar in 1998. |
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Resurgence of the plague in the Ikongo district of Madagascar in 1998. |
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Resurgence of the plague in the Ikongo district of Madagascar in 1998. |
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Resurgence of the plague in the Ikongo district of Madagascar in 1998. |
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resurgence of the plague in the ikongo district of madagascar in 1998. |
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