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Volume 23, Number 3—March 2017
Dispatch

Pneumonic Plague Transmission, Moramanga, Madagascar, 2015

Beza Ramasindrazana, Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana, Jean Marius Rakotondramanga, Dawn N. Birdsell, Maherisoa Ratsitorahina, and Minoarisoa RajerisonComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar (B. Ramasindrazana, V. Andrianaivoarimanana, J.M. Rakotondramanga, M. Rajerison); Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA (D.N. Birdsell); Ministry of Public Health, Antananarivo (M. Ratsitorahina)

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Table

Number of Yersinia pestis antigen–positive rodents in a study of pneumonic plague transmission among humans, Moramanga, Madagascar, 2015*

Locality and species No. samples No. RDT positive No. RDT negative
Antsahatsianarina
Rattus rattus 73 16 57
Rattus norvegicus 10 1 9
Mus musculus
4
0
4
Beravina
Rattus rattus 4 3 1
Rattus norvegicus 0 0 0
Mus musculus
2
0
2
Ambilona
Rattus rattus 6 2 4
Rattus norvegicus 1 0 1
Mus musculus
0
0
0
Total 100 22 78

*A rapid diagnostic test (RDT) was used to test for Yersinia pestis antigen.

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