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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2013-03-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00623-12 |