Plague from Eating Raw Camel Liver
We investigated a cluster of 5 plague cases; the patients included 4 with severe pharyngitis and submandibular lymphadenitis. These 4 case-patients had eaten raw camel liver. Yersinia pestis was isolated from bone marrow of the camel and from jirds (Meriones libycus) and fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) c...
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| author | Abdulaziz A. Bin Saeed Nasser A. Al-Hamdan Robert E. Fontaine |
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| description | We investigated a cluster of 5 plague cases; the patients included 4 with severe pharyngitis and submandibular lymphadenitis. These 4 case-patients had eaten raw camel liver. Yersinia pestis was isolated from bone marrow of the camel and from jirds (Meriones libycus) and fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) captured at the camel corral. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ea1312bdb007411c86ea8312282bdf802022-12-21T18:40:46ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592005-09-011191456145710.3201/eid1109.050081Plague from Eating Raw Camel LiverAbdulaziz A. Bin SaeedNasser A. Al-HamdanRobert E. FontaineWe investigated a cluster of 5 plague cases; the patients included 4 with severe pharyngitis and submandibular lymphadenitis. These 4 case-patients had eaten raw camel liver. Yersinia pestis was isolated from bone marrow of the camel and from jirds (Meriones libycus) and fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) captured at the camel corral.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/9/05-0081_articleplagueYersinia pestispharyngitisgastroenteritisfoodbornemeningitis |
| spellingShingle | Abdulaziz A. Bin Saeed Nasser A. Al-Hamdan Robert E. Fontaine Plague from Eating Raw Camel Liver Emerging Infectious Diseases plague Yersinia pestis pharyngitis gastroenteritis foodborne meningitis |
| title | Plague from Eating Raw Camel Liver |
| title_full | Plague from Eating Raw Camel Liver |
| title_fullStr | Plague from Eating Raw Camel Liver |
| title_full_unstemmed | Plague from Eating Raw Camel Liver |
| title_short | Plague from Eating Raw Camel Liver |
| title_sort | plague from eating raw camel liver |
| topic | plague Yersinia pestis pharyngitis gastroenteritis foodborne meningitis |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/9/05-0081_article |
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