title: Enzootic plague foci, Algeria.
abstract: In Algeria, PCR sequencing of pla, glpD and rpoB genes found Yersinia pestis in 18/237 (8%) rodents of five species, including Apodemus sylvaticus, previously undescribed as pestiferous; and disclosed three new plague foci. Multiple spacer typing confirmed a new Orientalis variant. Rodent survey should be reinforced in this country hosting reemerging plague.
authors.affiliation: Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UM 63, UMR_S 1095 UMR 7278, 13385 Marseille, France ; Laboratoire VALCORE, Faculté des Sciences, Université M'Hamed Bougara Boumerdès (UMBB), Boumerdès, Algeria.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Malek
authors.affiliation: Faculté des Sciences Biologiques et Agronomiques, Université Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hammani
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur d'Alger, Dély Ibrahim, Algeria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beneldjouzi
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire VALCORE, Faculté des Sciences, Université M'Hamed Bougara Boumerdès (UMBB), Boumerdès, Algeria.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bitam
keywords: Algeria; Molecular typing; North Africa; Plague; Yersinia pestis
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