The Canary Database
Center for One Health Research
University of Washington
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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 77(6):800-8, 1983.
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Studies on plague in the eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
Shepherd AJ, Hummitzsch DE, Leman PA, Hartwig EK
Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 2448
Cause and Effect Analysis |
Interspecies susceptibility data |
Shared exposures with humans |
Shared outcomes with humans |
Gene sequence data |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Study type |
N |
Routes |
Sampling |
Controls |
Timing |
cross sectional |
11,645 |
ingestion, vector |
exposure |
yes |
concurrent |
descriptive |
9 |
vector |
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repeated |
Exposures |
Fleas Human flea Yersinia pestis
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Outcomes |
Ectoparasitic Infestations Plague
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Species |
Aethomys namaquensis Aethomys sp. Cape porcupine Cats Crocidura Ctenocephalides, NOS Dogs Elephantulus Fleas Gerbillurus Hares Mice Mus minutoides Mystromys albicaudatus Otomys irroratus Praomys coucha Rhabdomys pumilio roof rat Saccostomus campestris Springhaas
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Locations |
South Africa |
(sf01) |
Coega River (stream) |
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Gamtoos River (stream) |
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Swartkops (stream) |
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Eastern Cape |
Coega (populated place) |
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Despatch (populated place) |
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Hankey (populated place) |
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Humansdorp (populated place) |
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Kirkwood (populated place) |
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Patensie (populated place) |
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Port Elizabeth (populated place) |
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Steytlerville (populated place) |
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Sunday River (stream) |
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Uitenhage (populated place) |
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