The surveillance of plague among rodents and dogs in Western Iran.

• Main Authors: Saber Esmaeili (Author), Ahmad Mahmoudi (Author), Parisa Esmaeili (Author), Zohreh Yousefi Ghalejoogh (Author), Alireza Mordadi (Author), Ahmad Ghasemi (Author), Ali Mohammadi (Author), Amin Bagheri (Author), Aria Sohrabi (Author), Mina Latifian (Author), Minoarisoa Rajerison (Author), Javier Pizarro-Cerda (Author), Ehsan Mostafavi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The causative agent of plague, Yersinia pestis, is maintained in nature via a flea-rodent cycle. Western Iran is an old focus for plague, and recent data indicate that rodents and dogs in this region have serological evidence of Y. pestis infection. The purpose of this...