Background Africa sees the surge of plague cases in recent decades,with hotspots in the Democratic Republic of Congo,Madagascar,and Peru.A rodent-borne scourge,the bacterial infection known as plague is transmitted to...
The research was supported by the Innovation Project of State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environment Information System(Grant No.088RA90BYA);the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grant No.2016YFC1201301).
Background:The nest flea index of Meriones unguiculatus is a critical indicator for the prevention and control of plague,which can be used not only to detect the spatial and temporal distributions of Meriones unguicul...
The fleas tested here were collected during rodent control campaign funded by the Swiss Embassy-Antananarivo(Ref#771.22.00-1-MAE/RML);Laboratory works were funded by Institut Pasteur de Madagascar.
Background:Prisons in Madagascar are at high risk of plague outbreak.Occurrence of plague epidemic in prisons can cause significant episode of urban plague through the movement of potentially infected humans,rodents a...