Zoonotic focus of plague, Algeria.
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.
Bitam
Idir
I
Institute Pasteur d'Algérie, Algiers, Algeria.
Baziz
Belkacem
B
Rolain
Jean-Marc
JM
Belkaid
Miloud
M
Raoult
Didier
D
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
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D010960:Plasminogen Activators