Yersinia pestis in Pulex irritans fleas during plague outbreak, Madagascar

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Aug;20(8):1414-5. doi: 10.3201/eid2008.130629.
No abstract available

Keywords: Enterobacteriaceae; Madagascar; Pulex irritans; Yersinia pestis; bacteria; fleas; human flea; outbreak; plague; rats.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Madagascar / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plague / epidemiology*
  • Plague / microbiology*
  • Siphonaptera / microbiology*
  • Yersinia pestis / classification
  • Yersinia pestis / genetics*
  • Yersinia pestis / isolation & purification

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KJ361938
  • GENBANK/KJ361939
  • GENBANK/KJ361940
  • GENBANK/KJ361941
  • GENBANK/KJ361942
  • GENBANK/KJ361943
  • GENBANK/KJ361944
  • GENBANK/KJ361945