Human plague associated with Tibetan sheep originates in marmots.

• Main Authors: Ruixia Dai (Author), Baiqing Wei (Author), Haoming Xiong (Author), Xiaoyan Yang (Author), Yao Peng (Author), Jian He (Author), Juan Jin (Author), Yumeng Wang (Author), Xi Zha (Author), Zhikai Zhang (Author), Ying Liang (Author), Qingwen Zhang (Author), Jianguo Xu (Author), Zuyun Wang (Author), Wei Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The Qinghai-Tibet plateau is a natural plague focus and is the largest such focus in China. In this area, while Marmota himalayana is the primary host, a total of 18 human plague outbreaks associated with Tibetan sheep (78 cases with 47 deaths) have been reported on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau since 1...