| Title |
Pneumonic Plague Transmission, Moramanga, Madagascar, 2015 - Volume 23, Number 3—March 2017 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Emerging Infectious Diseases, March 2017
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| DOI | 10.3201/eid2303.161406 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Beza Ramasindrazana, Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana, Jean Marius Rakotondramanga, Dawn N. Birdsell, Maherisoa Ratsitorahina, Minoarisoa Rajerison |
| Abstract |
During a pneumonic plague outbreak in Moramanga, Madagascar, we identified 4 confirmed, 1 presumptive, and 9 suspected plague case-patients. Human-to-human transmission among close contacts was high (reproductive number 1.44) and the case fatality rate was 71%. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the Yersinia pestis isolates belonged to group q3, different from the previous outbreak. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 50% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 3 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 63% |
| Scientists | 1 | 13% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 13% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 47 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 11 | 23% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 19% |
| Researcher | 7 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 10% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Unknown | 8 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 23% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 13% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 7 | 15% |
| Unknown | 10 | 21% |
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