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Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1992 Jul-Aug;86(4):444-5.

Plague in Lushoto district, Tanzania, 1980-1988.

Kilonzo BS, Mbise TJ, Makundi RH

Rodent Research Project, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.

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Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 640

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 1596 vector, other exposure yes concurrent
descriptive 2809 inhalation, vector - - repeated
cross sectional 1167 inhalation, vector, other, ingestion outcome yes concurrent
Exposures Fleas
Yersinia pestis
Outcomes Ectoparasitic Infestations
Plague
Species Acomys spinosissimus
Arvicanthis niloticus
Crocidura
Dendromus
Gambia rat
Grammomys sp.
Human
Lophuromys flavopunctatus
Mice
Pelomys fallax
Praomys natalensis
roof rat
Tatera
Locations
Tanzania Tanzania (general) Lushoto District (second-order administrative division)

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