Plague outbreak in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
Plague is circulating regularly in localised areas worldwide, causing sporadic cases outside Africa and remains endemic or causes limited outbreaks in some African countries. Furthermore, some notable outbreaks have been reported in Asia in the last 20 years. A limited outbreak with five cases has recently been notified by the health authorities of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
Tarantola
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International and Tropical Department, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Saint-Maurice, France. a.tarantola@invs.sante.fr
Mollet
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Gueguen
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Barboza
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Bertherat
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D018912:Arabs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008002:Libya / Q000453:epidemiology; D010930:Plague / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors