Primary case of human pneumonic plague occurring in a Himalayan marmot natural focus area Gansu Province, China

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages e67-e70

  Ge, Pengfei ^a   Xi, Jinxiao ^a   Ding, Jun ^b   Jin, Fachang ^c   Zhang, Hong ^a   Guo, Limin ^a   Zhang, Jie ^c   Li, Junlin ^c   Gan, Zhiqiang ^b   Wu, Bin ^a   Liang, Junrong ^d   Wang, Xin ^d   Wang, Xinhua ^a  

^a GANSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Jiuquan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Yumen Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Dogs; Epidemiological investigation; Indirect hemagglutination test; Marmota himalayana; Primary pneumonic plague

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CEFOPERAZONE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOPAMINE; F1 ANTIBODY; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHINA; DEFIBRILLATION; DYSPHORIA; FEVER; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTESTINE DISTENSION; MALE; MARMOTA; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLAGUE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY PNEUMONIC PLAGUE; TACHYPNEA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; VETERINARY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHINA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; MALE; MARMOTA; PLAGUE; RODENT DISEASES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84922473712     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.12.044     Document Type: Article

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