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Volume 27, Number 10—October 2021
Synopsis

Distribution and Characteristics of Human Plague Cases and Yersinia pestis Isolates from 4 Marmota Plague Foci, China, 1950–2019

Zhaokai He1, Baiqing Wei1, Yujiang Zhang1, Jun Liu1, Jinxiao Xi1, Dunzhu Ciren1, Teng Qi1, Junrong Liang, Ran Duan, Shuai Qin, Dongyue Lv, Yuhuang Chen, Meng Xiao, Rong Fan, Zhizhong Song, Huaiqi Jing, and Xin WangComments to Author 
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 6

Human plague cases detected in 4 Marmota plague foci, China. A) 1950–1969; B) 1970–2003; C) 2004–2019. Dot size indicates the number of years during which plague occurred in each timeframe; dot colors indicates number of periods (A, B, C) during which plague occurred for each location. Blue shading indicates the Marmota himalayana plague focus; purple shading indicates the Marmota baibacina–Spermophilus undulatus plague focus; red shading indicates the Marmota caudata plague focus; and yellow shading indicates the Marmota sibirica plague focus.

Figure 6. Human plague cases detected in 4 Marmota plague foci, China. A) 1950–1969; B) 1970–2003; C) 2004–2019. Dot size indicates the number of years during which plague occurred in each timeframe; dot colors indicates number of periods (A, B, C) during which plague occurred for each location. Blue shading indicates the Marmota himalayana plague focus; purple shading indicates the Marmota baibacina–Spermophilus undulatus plague focus; red shading indicates the Marmota caudata plague focus; and yellow shading indicates the Marmota sibirica plague focus.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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