Patterns of Human Plague in Uganda, 2008–2016

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dc.contributor.authorForrester, Joseph D.
dc.contributor.authorApangu, Titus
dc.contributor.authorGriffith, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorAcayo, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorYockey, Brook
dc.contributor.authorKaggwa, John
dc.contributor.authorKugeler, Kiersten J.
dc.contributor.authorSchriefer, Martin
dc.contributor.authorSexton, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorBeard, Ben C.
dc.contributor.authorCandini, Gordian
dc.contributor.authorAbaru, Janet
dc.contributor.authorCandia, Bosco
dc.contributor.authorOkoth, Jimmy Felix
dc.contributor.authorApio, Harriet
dc.contributor.authorNolex, Lawrence
dc.contributor.authorEzama, Geoffrey
dc.contributor.authorOkello, Robert
dc.contributor.authorAtiku, Linda
dc.contributor.authorMpanga, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorMead, Paul S.
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-11T11:17:38Z
dc.date.available2021-12-11T11:17:38Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractPlague is a highly virulent fleaborne zoonosis that occurs throughout many parts of the world; most suspected human cases are reported from resource-poor settings in sub-Saharan Africa. During 2008–2016, a combination of active surveillance and laboratory testing in the plague-endemic West Nile region of Uganda yielded 255 suspected human plague cases; approximately one third were laboratory confirmed by bacterial culture or serology. Although the mortality rate was 7% among suspected cases, it was 26% among persons with laboratory-confirmed plague. Reports of an unusual number of dead rats in a patient’s village around the time of illness onset was significantly associated with laboratory confirmation of plague. This descriptive summary of human plague in Uganda highlights the episodic nature of the disease, as well as the potential that, even in endemic areas, illnesses of other etiologies might be being mistaken for plagueen_US
dc.identifier.citationForrester, J. D., Apangu, T., Griffith, K., Acayo, S., Yockey, B., Kaggwa, J., ... & Mead, P. S. (2017). Patterns of human plague in Uganda, 2008–2016. Emerging infectious diseases, 23(9), 1517.DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2309.170789en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3201/eid2309.170789
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/309
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEmerging Infectious Diseasesen_US
dc.subjectPatternsen_US
dc.subjectHuman Plagueen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.subject2008–2016en_US
dc.titlePatterns of Human Plague in Uganda, 2008–2016en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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