Volume 15, Number 10—October 2009
Dispatch
Fine-scale Identification of the Most Likely Source of a Human Plague Infection
Rebecca E. Colman, Amy J. Vogler, Jennifer L. Lowell, Kenneth L. Gage, Christina Morway, Pamela J. Reynolds, Paul Ettestad, Paul Keim, Michael Y. Kosoy, and David M. Wagner
Table 1
Five Yersinia pestis isolates examined to determine the source of a human plague infection in New Mexico, USA*
| CDC isolate ID | Collection date | Collection source | MLVA genotype† | Flea source of Y. pestis isolate | Rodent source of flea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NM024452 | 2002 Nov 5 | Human | A | NA (human) | NA (human) |
| NM02-1852-138 | 2002 Jul 17 | Yard | B | Orchopeas sexdentatus | Neotoma micropus |
| NM02-1856-140 | 2002 Jul 18 | Yard | B | O. neotomae | N. micropus |
| NM02-4477-309 | 2002 Nov 9 | Yard | B | Peromyscopsylla hesperomys | Peromyscus leucopus |
| ED425 | 2003 Apr 4 | Trail | C | O. sexdentatus | N. micropus |
*CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; ID, identification number; MLVA, multiple locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis; NA, not applicable.
†See Figure 2.
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