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Volume 21, Number 1—January 2015
Synopsis

Pneumonic Plague Outbreak, Northern Madagascar, 2011

Vincent Richard, Julia M. RiehmComments to Author , 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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Table 3

Analysis of animal serum samples and organs for Yersina pestis, April 1, 2011, during pneumonic plague outbreak, northern Madagascar, 2011*

Village Rodent or dog source No. samples Serologic result pla/caf1 PCR result Culture SNPs CRISPR Sample ID
Antanabe Rattus rattus 1 – + – + + R05
R. rattus 20 – – ND ND ND NA
Mus musculus 1 – – ND ND ND NA
Suncus murinus
 1
 –
 –
 ND
 ND
 ND
 NA
Ambarakaraka
 R. rattus
 1
 –
 +
 –
 +
 +
 R16
Ankatakata R. rattus 1 – + – + + R48
R. rattus 1 – + – + + R52
R. rattus 1 – + – + + R56
R. rattus 15 – – ND ND ND NA
Canis sp. 2 + ND ND ND ND NA
Canis sp. 3 – ND ND ND ND NA
M. musculus 2 – – ND ND ND NA
Setifer setosus
 1
 +
 –
 ND
 ND
 ND
 NA
Antsisoboko R. rattus 2 – – ND ND ND NA
S. setosus 2 – – ND ND ND NA
Microgale brevicaudata
 3
 –
 –
 ND
 ND
 ND
 NA
Antanambao R. rattus 9 – – ND ND ND NA
S. setosus
 3
 –
 –
 ND
 ND
 ND
 NA
Total NA 69 3 positive 5 positive NA 5 5 NA

*pla, plasminogen activator gene; caf1, capsule antigen fraction1 gene; SNPs, single-nucleotide polymorphisms; CRISPR, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat pattern; ID, identification; –, negative; +, positive; ND, not done; NA, not applicable.

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