Plague and the human flea, Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | Laudson, Anne | |
| dc.contributor.author | Leirs, Herwig | |
| dc.contributor.author | Makundi, Rhodes H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dongen, Stefan Van | |
| dc.contributor.author | Davis, Stephen | |
| dc.contributor.author | Neerinckx, Simon | |
| dc.contributor.author | Deckers, Jozef | |
| dc.contributor.author | Libois, Roland | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-12-02T11:52:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-12-02T11:52:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Domestic fl eas were collected in 12 villages in the western Usambara Mountains in Tanzania. Of these, 7 are considered villages with high plague frequency, where hu- man plague was recorded during at least 6 of the 17 plague seasons between 1986 and 2004. In the remaining 5 vil- lages with low plague frequency, plague was either rare or unrecorded. Pulex irritans, known as the human fl ea, was the predominant fl ea species (72.4%) in houses. The den- sity of P. irritans, but not of other domestic fl eas, was signifi - cantly higher in villages with a higher plague frequency or incidence. Moreover, the P. irritans index was strongly posi- tively correlated with plague frequency and with the logarith- mically transformed plague incidence. These observations suggest that in Lushoto District human fl eas may play a role in plague epidemiology. These fi ndings are of immediate public health relevance because they provide an indicator that can be surveyed to assess the risk for plague. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1072 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Emerging Infectious Diseases | en_US |
| dc.subject | Plague | en_US |
| dc.subject | Human Flea | en_US |
| dc.subject | Western Usambara Mountains | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.subject | Domestic fleas | en_US |
| dc.title | Plague and the human flea, Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.url | www.cdc.gov/eid | en_US |