Volume 13, Number 10—October 2007
THEME ISSUE
Global Poverty and Human Development
Research
Plague Reappearance in Algeria after 50 Years, 2003
Table
Plague case definition adopted by technical crisis committee, 2003 plague outbreak, Oran region, Algeria*
Case definition | Criteria |
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Suspected | Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics compatible with plague; or, observation of suspect microorganisms on direct examination of clinical samples |
Probable | Suspected case with anti-F1 antibodies in patient’s blood; or, suspected case with a positive RDT without isolation of Yersinia pestis or in the absence of other cases reported in a radius of 10 km around the case |
Confirmed | Culture positive for Y. pestis; or, RDT positive and Y. pestis isolated from patients living in a radius of 10 km around the case |
*RDT, rapid diagnostic test.