A Decade of Plague in Mahajanga, Madagascar: Insights into the Global Maritime Spread of Pandemic Plague

ABSTRACT A cluster of human plague cases occurred in the seaport city of Mahajanga, Madagascar, from 1991 to 1999 following 62 years with no evidence of plague, which offered insights into plague pathogen dynamics in an urban environment. We analyzed a set of 44 Mahajanga isolates from this 9-year o...

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Main Authors: Amy J. Vogler, Fabien Chan, Roxanne Nottingham, Genevieve Andersen, Kevin Drees, Stephen M. Beckstrom-Sternberg, David M. Wagner, Suzanne Chanteau, Paul Keim
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/7ca0691c24e3471e8abe3a8b3faed316
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