Volume 19, Number 9—September 2013
Letter
Serologic Survey of Plague in Animals, Western Iran
Saber Esamaeili, Kayhan Azadmanesh, Saied Reza Naddaf, Minoarisoa Rajerison, Elisabeth Carniel, and Ehsan Mostafavi
Table
Number of fleas and serum samples with Yersinia pestis F1 antibody collected from various animals during field investigations, Iran, 2011–2012*
| Animal/species |
No. serum samples |
No. serum samples with antibodies against F1 |
No. fleas collected |
| Rodents | |||
| 2011 | |||
| Meriones persicus | 39 | 0 | 33 |
| Meriones vinogradovi | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Microtus socialis irani | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | |||
| Meriones persicus | 24 | 1 | 146 |
| Meriones libycus | 26 | 0 | 101 |
| Microtus socialis irani | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellobius lutescens | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total |
98 |
1 |
281 |
| Sheepdogs | |||
| 2011 | |||
| ND | 58 | 1 | ND |
| 2012 | |||
| ND | 59 | 3 | ND |
| Total |
117 |
4 |
|
| Miscellaneous | |||
| Jackals | |||
| 2011 | |||
| Canis aureus | 2 | 0 | ND |
| 2012 | |||
| C. aureus | 0 | 0 | ND |
| Foxes | |||
| 2011 | |||
| Vulpes vulpes | 1 | 0 | ND |
| 2012 | |||
| V. vulpes | 1 | 0 | ND |
| Rabbits | |||
| 2011 | |||
| Lepus capensis | 1 | 0 | ND |
| 2012 | |||
| L. capensis | 7 | 0 | ND |
| Hedgehogs | |||
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | |
| ND | ND | ||
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | |
| ND | ND | ||
| Total | 14 | 0 |
*ND, not determined.
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