Plague outbreak in Libya, 2009, unrelated to plague in Algeria

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 230-236

  Cabanel, Nicolas ^a   Leclercq, Alexandre ^a   Chenal Francisque, Viviane ^a   Annajar, Badereddin ^b   Rajerison, Minoarisoa ^c   Bekkhoucha, Souad ^d   Bertherat, Eric ^e   Carniel, Elisabeth ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b National Center for Disease Control   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^d CHU Oran   (Algeria)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84930475514     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1902.121031     Document Type: Article

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