Entomological and rodent surveillance of suspected plague foci in agro-environmental and feral biotopes of a few districts in Maharashtra and Gujarat states of India.

Kumar K, Sharma SK, Gill KS, Katyal R, Biswas S, Lal S

Medical Entomology and Vector Control Division, National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Sham Nath Marg, Delhi, India.

Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 173

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Cause and Effect Analysis	Interspecies susceptibility data	Shared exposures with humans	Shared outcomes with humans	Gene sequence data
Yes	Yes	No	No	No

Study type	N	Routes	Sampling	Controls	Timing
cross sectional	320	vector	exposure	yes	concurrent

Exposures	Fleas Yersinia pestis
Outcomes	Ectoparasitic Infestations Plague
Species	Bandicota bengalensis roof rat Tatera
Locations	India Gujaråt State of Gujarat (first-order administrative division) Mahåråshtra State of Maharashtra (first-order administrative division)

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