title: Zoonotic focus of plague, Algeria.
abstract: After an outbreak of human plague, 95 Xenopsylla cheopis fleas from Algeria were tested for Yersinia pestis with PCR methods. Nine fleas were definitively confirmed to be infected with Y. pestis biovar orientalis. Our results demonstrate the persistence of a zoonotic focus of Y. pestis in Algeria.
authors.affiliation: Institute Pasteur d'Algérie, Algiers, Algeria.
authors.forename: Idir
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bitam
authors.forename: Belkacem
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baziz
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rolain
authors.forename: Miloud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belkaid
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000462:Algeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021901:DNA, Intergenic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D010930:Plague / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D010960:Plasminogen Activators