Distribution and Characteristics of Human Plague Cases and Yersinia pestis Isolates from 4 Marmota Plague Foci, China, 1950–2019
Zhaokai He
1, Baiqing Wei
1, Yujiang Zhang
1, Jun Liu
1, Jinxiao Xi
1, Dunzhu Ciren
1, Teng Qi
1, Junrong Liang, Ran Duan, Shuai Qin, Dongyue Lv, Yuhuang Chen, Meng Xiao, Rong Fan, Zhizhong Song, Huaiqi Jing, and Xin Wang
Author affiliations: National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China (Z. He, J. Liang, R. Duan, S. Qin, D. Lv, M. Xiao, R. Fan, H. Jing, X. Wang); Qinghai Institute for Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Xining, China (B. Wei); Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, China (Y. Zhang); Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Comprehensive Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hohhot, China (J. Liu); Gansu Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Lanzhou, China (J. Xi); Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa, China (D. Ciren); Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, China (T. Qi); Shenzhen Nanshan Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Shenzhen, China (Y. Chen); Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming, China (Z. Song)
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Figure 4. Frequency of human plague cases and case-fatality rates in 2 Marmota plague foci, China, 1950–2019. A) Marmota himalayana plague focus of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which includes Qinghai Province, Gansu Province, Tibet Autonomous Region, Sichuan Province, and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. B) Marmota baibacina–Spermophilus undulatus plague focus includes Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
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