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Transmission of Antimicrobial Resistant Yersinia pestis During a Pneumonic Plague Outbreak
Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana, David M Wagner, Dawn N Birdsell, Birgit Nikolay, Faniry Rakotoarimanana, Lovasoa N Randriantseheno, Amy J Vogler, Jason W Sahl, Carina M Hall, Nawarat Somprasong ...
Clinical Infectious Diseases, ciab606, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab606
Published: 09 July 2021
Abstract
Background
Pneumonic plague (PP), caused by Yersinia pestis, is the most feared clinical form of plague due to its rapid lethality and potential to cause outbreaks. PP outbreaks are now rare due to antimicrobial therapy...
...Conclusions
Unique antimicrobial resistant (AMR) strains of Y. pestis continue to arise in Madagascar and can be transmitted during PP outbreaks.
Transmission of Antimicrobial Resistant Yersinia pestis During a Pneumonic Plague Outbreak
Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana, David M Wagner, Dawn N Birdsell, Birgit Nikolay, Faniry Rakotoarimanana, Lovasoa N Randriantseheno, Amy J Vogler, Jason W Sahl, Carina M Hall, Nawarat Somprasong ...
Clinical Infectious Diseases, ciab606, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab606
Published: 09 July 2021
Abstract
Background
Pneumonic plague (PP), caused by Yersinia pestis, is the most feared clinical form of plague due to its rapid lethality and potential to cause outbreaks. PP outbreaks are now rare due to antimicrobial therapy...
...Conclusions
Unique antimicrobial resistant (AMR) strains of Y. pestis continue to arise in Madagascar and can be transmitted during PP outbreaks.