Volume 15, Number 10—October 2009
Dispatch
Fine-scale Identification of the Most Likely Source of a Human Plague Infection
Table 1
Five Yersinia pestis isolates examined to determine the source of a human plague infection in New Mexico, USA*
CDC isolate ID | Collection date | Collection source | MLVA genotype† | Flea source of Y. pestis isolate | Rodent source of flea |
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NM024452 | 2002 Nov 5 | Human | A | NA (human) | NA (human) |
NM02-1852-138 | 2002 Jul 17 | Yard | B | Orchopeas sexdentatus | Neotoma micropus |
NM02-1856-140 | 2002 Jul 18 | Yard | B | O. neotomae | N. micropus |
NM02-4477-309 | 2002 Nov 9 | Yard | B | Peromyscopsylla hesperomys | Peromyscus leucopus |
ED425 | 2003 Apr 4 | Trail | C | O. sexdentatus | N. micropus |
*CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; ID, identification number; MLVA, multiple locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis; NA, not applicable.
†See Figure 2.