Epidemiologic features of four successive annual outbreaks of bubonic plague in Mahajanga, Madagascar. (Dispatches).

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: March 1, 2002| Author: Boisier, Pascal; Chanteau, Suzanne; Duplantier, Jean-Marc; Mahafaly, Mahafaly; Rahalison, Lila; Rasolomaharo, Monique; Ratsifasoamanana, Lala; Ratsitorahina, Maherisoa; Razafimahefa, Maminiriana | Copyright information

From 1995 to 1998, outbreaks of bubonic plague occurred annually in the coastal city of Mahajanga, Madagascar. A total of 1,702 clinically suspected cases of bubonic plague were reported, including 515 laboratory confirmed by Yersinia pestis isolation (297), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, or both. Incidence was higher in males and young persons. Most buboes were inguinal, but children had a higher frequency of cervical or axillary buboes. Among laboratory-confirmed hospitalized ...

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