Volume 27, Number 8—August 2021
Synopsis
Plague Transmission from Corpses and Carcasses
Table 3
Study ID | Were patient characteristics adequately reported? | Was there some effort to trace all contacts from the index case? | Were the methods used for tracing contacts adequate? | Were the laboratory methods used for defining a confirmed case of plague reliable? | Was the route of transmission plausible? | Was the cause-effect of transmission plausible? |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (30) | Yes | Unknown | NA | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Christie et al. (case series 1; 37) | Partial | Unknown | NA | Partial | Yes | Yes |
Christie et al. (case series 2; 37) | Partial | Unknown | NA | Partial | Partial | Partial |
Gage et al. (31) | Yes | Unknown | NA | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ge et al. (case report; 27) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ge et al. (case series; 27) | Partial | Unknown | NA | Unknown | Partial | Partial |
Kartman et al. (33) | Partial | Unknown | NA | No | Yes | Yes |
Kartman et al. (32) | Partial | Unknown | NA | Unknown | Yes | Yes |
Kugeler et al. (34) | No | Unknown | NA | Unknown | Partial | Partial |
Mitchell et al. (39) | Yes | Unknown | NA | Unknown | Yes | Yes |
Poland et al. (35) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ratsitorahina et al. (23) | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Partial |
Saeed et al. (40) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Sagiev et al. (38) | No | Unknown | NA | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Von Reyn et al. (36) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Wong et al. (8) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Wu et al. (28) | Yes | Unknown | NA | Yes | Yes | Partial |
Zhang et al. (29) | Partial | Unknown | NA | Partial | Unknown | Partial |
*ID, identification; NA, not applicable.
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