Enzootic plague foci, Algeria

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 sho...

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Main Authors: M.A. Malek, A. Hammani, A. Beneldjouzi, I. Bitam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:New Microbes and New Infections
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297514000122