Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Fine-scale Identification of the Most Likely Source of a Human Plague Infection

Rebecca E. Colman, Amy J. Vogler, Jennifer L. Lowell, Kenneth L. Gage, Christina Morway, Pamela J. Reynolds, Paul Ettestad, Paul Keim, Michael Y. Kosoy, and David M. Wagner

Author affiliations: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA (R.E. Colman, A.J. Vogler, P. Keim, D. Wagner); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (J.L. Lowell, K.L. Gage, C. Morway, M.Y. Kosoy); New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA (P.J. Reynolds, P. Ettestad)

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Figure 1

Distribution of rodent trapping stations along a hiking trail in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA. Each red circle indicates a single trapping site that had 3 traps. Trap stations (not shown) also were placed throughout the patients’ yard (green circle).

Figure 1. Distribution of rodent trapping stations along a hiking trail in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA. Each red circle indicates a single trapping site that had 3 traps. Trap stations (not shown) also were placed throughout the patients’ yard (green circle).

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