Pneumonic Plague Outbreak, Northern Madagascar, 2011
Vincent Richard, Julia M. Riehm
, Perlinot Herindrainy, Rahelinirina Soanandrasana, Maherisoa Ratsitoharina, Fanjasoa Rakotomanana, Samuel Andrianalimanana, Holger C. Scholz, and Minoarisoa Rajerison
Author affiliations: Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal (V. Richard); Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany (J.M. Riehm, H.C. Scholz); German Center for Infection Research, Munich (J.M. Riehm, H.C. Scholz); Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Anatananarivo, Madagascar (P. Herindrainy, R. Soanandrasana, M. Ratsitoharina, F. Rakotomanana, M. Rajerison); Ministry of Public Health, Anatananarivo (S. Andrianalimanana)
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Figure 1. Location of pneumonic plague outbreak in the communes of Ambarakaraka and Anaborano, northern Madagascar, 2011. A copper mine is located in Beramanja. The index case-patient was infected with Yersinia pestis on the 80-km trail (piste) to Ankatakata.
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