Enzootic plague foci, Algeria
In Algeria, PCR sequencing of pla, glpD and rpoB genes found Yersinia pestis in 18/237 (8%) rodents of five species, including Apodemus sylvaticus, previously undescribed as pestiferous; and disclosed three new plague foci. Multiple spacer typing confirmed a new Orientalis variant. Rodent survey sho...
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| author | M.A. Malek A. Hammani A. Beneldjouzi I. Bitam |
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| description | In Algeria, PCR sequencing of pla, glpD and rpoB genes found Yersinia pestis in 18/237 (8%) rodents of five species, including Apodemus sylvaticus, previously undescribed as pestiferous; and disclosed three new plague foci. Multiple spacer typing confirmed a new Orientalis variant. Rodent survey should be reinforced in this country hosting reemerging plague. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-155b538253e34343ad5399257193dccf2022-12-22T00:09:47ZengElsevierNew Microbes and New Infections2052-29752015-03-014C131610.1016/j.nmni.2014.11.003Enzootic plague foci, AlgeriaM.A. Malek0A. Hammani1A. Beneldjouzi2I. Bitam3Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UM 63, UMR_S 1095 UMR 7278, 13385 Marseille, FranceFaculté des Sciences Biologiques et Agronomiques, Université Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi Ouzou, AlgeriaInstitut Pasteur d’Alger, Dély Ibrahim, AlgeriaLaboratoire VALCORE, Faculté des Sciences, Université M'Hamed Bougara Boumerdès (UMBB), Boumerdès, AlgeriaIn Algeria, PCR sequencing of pla, glpD and rpoB genes found Yersinia pestis in 18/237 (8%) rodents of five species, including Apodemus sylvaticus, previously undescribed as pestiferous; and disclosed three new plague foci. Multiple spacer typing confirmed a new Orientalis variant. Rodent survey should be reinforced in this country hosting reemerging plague.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297514000122AlgeriaMolecular typingNorth AfricaPlagueYersinia pestis |
| spellingShingle | M.A. Malek A. Hammani A. Beneldjouzi I. Bitam Enzootic plague foci, Algeria New Microbes and New Infections Algeria Molecular typing North Africa Plague Yersinia pestis |
| title | Enzootic plague foci, Algeria |
| title_full | Enzootic plague foci, Algeria |
| title_fullStr | Enzootic plague foci, Algeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enzootic plague foci, Algeria |
| title_short | Enzootic plague foci, Algeria |
| title_sort | enzootic plague foci algeria |
| topic | Algeria Molecular typing North Africa Plague Yersinia pestis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297514000122 |
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