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Volume 27, Number 8—August 2021
Synopsis

Plague Transmission from Corpses and Carcasses

Sophie JullienComments to Author , Nipun Lakshitha de Silva, and Paul Garner
Author affiliations: University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (S. Jullien); Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK (S. Jullien, P. Garner); General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Colombo, Sri Lanka (N.L. de Silva)

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Table 3

Risk for bias summary in studies on plague acquired from corpses and carcasses

Study ID Were patient characteristics adequately reported? Was there some effort to trace all contacts from the index case? Were the methods used for tracing contacts adequate? Were the laboratory methods used for defining a confirmed case of plague reliable? Was the route of transmission plausible? Was the cause-effect of transmission plausible?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (30) Yes Unknown NA Yes Yes Yes
Christie et al. (case series 1; 37) Partial Unknown NA Partial Yes Yes
Christie et al. (case series 2; 37) Partial Unknown NA Partial Partial Partial
Gage et al. (31) Yes Unknown NA Yes Yes Yes
Ge et al. (case report; 27) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ge et al. (case series; 27) Partial Unknown NA Unknown Partial Partial
Kartman et al. (33) Partial Unknown NA No Yes Yes
Kartman et al. (32) Partial Unknown NA Unknown Yes Yes
Kugeler et al. (34) No Unknown NA Unknown Partial Partial
Mitchell et al. (39) Yes Unknown NA Unknown Yes Yes
Poland et al. (35) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ratsitorahina et al. (23) Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Partial
Saeed et al. (40) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sagiev et al. (38) No Unknown NA Unknown Unknown Unknown
Von Reyn et al. (36) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wong et al. (8) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wu et al. (28) Yes Unknown NA Yes Yes Partial
Zhang et al. (29) Partial Unknown NA Partial Unknown Partial

*ID, identification; NA, not applicable.

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