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Ecologic Features of Plague Outbreak Areas, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2004–2014
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, 24 (2), pp.210-220. ⟨10.3201/eid2402.160122⟩, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018, 24 (2), pp.210-220. ⟨10.3201/eid2402.160122⟩, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018, 24 (2), pp.210-220. 〈10.3201/eid2402.160122〉, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 2, Pp 210-220 (2018), Emerging Infectious Diseases 2 (24), 210-220. (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2018.
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Abstract
- International audience; During 2004–2014, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared 54% of plague cases worldwide. Using national data, we characterized the epidemiology of human plague in DRC for this period. All 4,630 suspected human plague cases and 349 deaths recorded in DRC came from Orientale Province. Pneumonic plague cases (8.8% of total) occurred during 2 major outbreaks in mining camps in the equatorial forest, and some limited outbreaks occurred in the Ituri highlands. Epidemics originated in 5 health zones clustered in Ituri, where sporadic bubonic cases were recorded throughout every year. Classification and regression tree characterized this cluster by the dominance of ecosystem 40 (mountain tropical climate). In conclusion, a small, stable, endemic focus of plague in the highlands of the Ituri tropical region persisted, acting as a source of outbreaks in DRC.
- Subjects :
- Time Factors
Yersinia pestis
lcsh:Medicine
Forests
Disease Outbreaks
0302 clinical medicine
[SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases
Tropical climate
Epidemiology
risk factors
030212 general & internal medicine
Socioeconomics
bacteria
biology
[ SDV.SPEE ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
dynamics
3. Good health
[ SDV.MHEP.MI ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases
Infectious Diseases
Geography
Population Surveillance
rodents
Synopsis
Democratic Republic of the Congo
[SDV.MHEP.MI] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases
epidemiology
ecology
pneumonic plague
environment
Microbiology (medical)
Pneumonic plague
future
medicine.medical_specialty
villages
030231 tropical medicine
Disease cluster
Plague (disease)
Mining
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
[ SDV.EE.SANT ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Health
03 medical and health sciences
Ecologic Features of Plague Outbreak Areas, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2004–2014
uganda
Occupational Exposure
parasitic diseases
medicine
Animals
Humans
emergence
[SDV.EE.SANT] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Health
lcsh:RC109-216
climate
Retrospective Studies
[SDV.EE.SANT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Health
Plague
lcsh:R
Tropics
Outbreak
west nile region
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
zoonoses
predictors
[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806040 and 10806059
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, 24 (2), pp.210-220. ⟨10.3201/eid2402.160122⟩, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018, 24 (2), pp.210-220. ⟨10.3201/eid2402.160122⟩, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018, 24 (2), pp.210-220. 〈10.3201/eid2402.160122〉, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 2, Pp 210-220 (2018), Emerging Infectious Diseases 2 (24), 210-220. (2018)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8d295644b41713bb4bc1b9ce085b955a