Abstract. Serodiagnosis of plague is very useful for its retrospective confirmation and for epidemiologic studies in humans and in rodents, since rats constitute the main natural reservoir of Yersinia pestis. We have developed a rapid test for the detection of IgG antibodies to fraction 1 (F1) based on immunochromatography and protein A to detect both human and rat IgG. When tested with reference human sera (35 positive and 37 negative), this assay showed a sensitivity of 94.3 % and a specificity of 89.2%. When Rattus rattus and R. norvegicus reference sera (22 positive and 24 negative) were used, the sensitivity was 100 % and the specificity was 91.7%. This simple serodiagnostic tool is of great potential value in the surveillance of plagu...
Background: Plague is endemic within the central highlands of Madagascar, where its main reservoir i...
Background: Yersinia pestis (Y. pestis) is a zoonotic bacterium mainly circulating among rodents and...
PCR analysis of formalin-fixed human autopsy tissues, rodent tissues, fleas and bacterial isolates f...
Background: Tools for plague diagnosis and surveillance are not always available and affordable in m...
isolation for confirmation is time-consuming and difficult to perform under field conditions. Serol...
International audienceYersinia pestis, the plague bacillus, has a rodent-flea-rodent life cycle but ...
<div><p><em>Yersinia pestis</em>, the plague bacillus, has a rodent-flea-rodent life cycle but can a...
Abstract. A real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay was developed for Yersina ...
Yersinia pestis, the plague bacillus, infects a variety of mammals throughout the world and is trans...
Dear Editor, Plague, a seriously infectious zoonotic disease caused by the Gram-negative bacterium...
Carnivores obtain plague infection through ingestion of infected rodents or rabbits or via flea bite...
<p>The histogram means the number of the patients, with a total of 210 human cases were confirmed. T...
Abstract Background Plague is a bacterial zoonotic disease, caused by Yersinia pestis. Rodents are t...
Abstract Background Yersinia pestis is a contributing agent to the epidemic disease, plague, which k...
Introduction Professionals who handle rodents in the field and in the laboratory are at risk of infe...
Background: Plague is endemic within the central highlands of Madagascar, where its main reservoir i...
Background: Yersinia pestis (Y. pestis) is a zoonotic bacterium mainly circulating among rodents and...
PCR analysis of formalin-fixed human autopsy tissues, rodent tissues, fleas and bacterial isolates f...
Background: Tools for plague diagnosis and surveillance are not always available and affordable in m...
isolation for confirmation is time-consuming and difficult to perform under field conditions. Serol...
International audienceYersinia pestis, the plague bacillus, has a rodent-flea-rodent life cycle but ...
<div><p><em>Yersinia pestis</em>, the plague bacillus, has a rodent-flea-rodent life cycle but can a...
Abstract. A real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay was developed for Yersina ...
Yersinia pestis, the plague bacillus, infects a variety of mammals throughout the world and is trans...
Dear Editor, Plague, a seriously infectious zoonotic disease caused by the Gram-negative bacterium...
Carnivores obtain plague infection through ingestion of infected rodents or rabbits or via flea bite...
<p>The histogram means the number of the patients, with a total of 210 human cases were confirmed. T...
Abstract Background Plague is a bacterial zoonotic disease, caused by Yersinia pestis. Rodents are t...
Abstract Background Yersinia pestis is a contributing agent to the epidemic disease, plague, which k...
Introduction Professionals who handle rodents in the field and in the laboratory are at risk of infe...
Background: Plague is endemic within the central highlands of Madagascar, where its main reservoir i...
Background: Yersinia pestis (Y. pestis) is a zoonotic bacterium mainly circulating among rodents and...
PCR analysis of formalin-fixed human autopsy tissues, rodent tissues, fleas and bacterial isolates f...