Lessons learned about pneumonic plague diagnosis from 2 outbreaks, democratic republic of the Congo

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 778-784

  Bertherat, Eric ^a   Thullier, Philippe ^b   Shako, Jean Christophe ^c   England, Kathleen ^d   Koné, Mamadou Lamine ^e   Arntzen, Lorraine ^f   Tomaso, Herbert ^g   Koyange, Louis ^d   Formenty, Pierre ^a   Ekwanzala, Florent ^h   Crestani, Rosa ⁱ   Ciglenecki, Isa ^a   Rahalison, Lila ^j  

^a Centre de Recherches du Service de Sante des Armees   (France)

^b Plague Reference Laboratory   (Congo)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^f Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology   (United Kingdom)

^g Inst Natl de la Rech Biomedicale   (Congo)

^h Méd écins sans Frontières   (Belgium)

ⁱ MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^j INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; F1 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONGO; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIRECT MICROSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MICROSCOPY; PLAGUE; PNEUMONIC PLAGUE; RAPID DIAGNOSTOC TEST; SAMPLING; SPECIMEN TRANSPORT; SPUTUM; SPUTUM SMEAR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; PLAGUE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; YERSINIA PESTIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955756727     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1705.100029     Document Type: Article

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