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Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1977 Sep;8(3):335-44.

Plague in small mammals and humans in Rangoon, Burma.

Brooks JE, Naing UH, Walton DW, Myint DS, Tun UM, Thaung U, Kyi DO

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Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 610

Cause and Effect Analysis Interspecies susceptibility data Shared exposures with humans Shared outcomes with humans Gene sequence data
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Study type N Routes Sampling Controls Timing
cross sectional 1667 vector outcome yes repeated
descriptive 5 vector - - concurrent
Exposures Yersinia pestis
Risk factors Seasons
Urbanization
Outcomes Plague
Species Bandicota bengalensis
Human
Rats
Rattus exulans
roof rat
Suncus murinus
Locations
Burma (bm09) Ahlone (section of populated place)
Botataung (section of populated place)
Dawbon (populated place)
Kemmendine (section of populated place)
Okkalapa (railroad station)
Pazundaung (section of populated place)
Sanchaung (populated place)
Ayeyarwady Degan (populated place)
Burma (general) Mayangon (populated place)
Mandalay Kyauktada (populated place)
Rakhine State Mingala (populated place)
Yangon Kamayut (populated place)
Mingaladon (populated place)

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