Seroprevalence of Yersinia pestis in dogs and small rodents in one hyperendemic plague focus of Democratic Republic of Congo
Bernard Davoust1*, Georges Diatta2, Jean-Christophe Shako3, Minoarisa Rajerison4, Aaron Aruna Abedi5, Stomy Karhemere6, Renaud Piarroux7 and Didier Raoult1
1Research Unit of Emerging Infectious and Tropical Diseases (URMITE) UMRâ€CNRS 7278â€IRD 198, Marseille, France.
2Research Unit of Emerging Infectious and Tropical Diseases (URMITE) UMRâ€CNRS 7278â€IRD 198, Institute of Research for the Development, Dakar, Senegal.
3Plague Reference Laboratory, Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
4Pasteur Institute of Madagascar, Plague Unit, WHO Collaborating Centre, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
5Ministry of Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
6National Institute of Biomedical Research, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
7Laboratory of Parasitology and Mycology, La Timone University Hospital, Marseille, France.
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