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PLAGUE, FATAL - MADAGASCAR (02): (ANTANANARIVO)
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Date: Sun 13 Jan 2008
Source: GIDEON (Global Infectious Disease & Epidemiology Network) [edited]
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Recent events in Antananarivo highlight the fact that Africa, and
particularly Madagascar, have accounted for most of the world's
plague deaths since the 1980s.
See graphs at
<http://exhibit.gideononline.com/world-plague.jpg> and
<http://exhibit.gideononline.com/madagascar-plague.jpg>.
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Communicated by:
Dr Steve Berger
Geographic Medicine
Tel Aviv Medical Center
Israel
<mberger@post.tau.ac.il>
[Readers should link to the URLs above to observe the reported deaths
due to _Yersinia pestis_ from Gideon.
The 1st graph compares worldwide statistics as compared to Africa and
as compared to Madagascar. It illustrates that over the years 1994 to
2003, the African continent is the source of most of the world's
reported cases of plague deaths, and since the increased incidence of
plague in Madagascar in 1996, a significant percentage of the plague
deaths were reported from Madagascar.
The 2nd graph reports plague deaths from 5 African nations, Uganda,
Tanzania, Namibia, Congo DR, and Madagascar. In the years 1996-2003,
Madagascar reported more deaths than any of the other 4 nations with
Congo DR 2nd. In 1996 and 1997, Tanzania reported the 3rd most plague
deaths among the 5 nations, but from 1998-2003, Uganda has taken that
role. - Mod.LL]
[see also:
Plague, fatal - Madagascar: (Antananarivo), RFI 20080111.0141
2007
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Plague, fatal - Uganda: (Arua, Nebbi), RFI 20071206.3932
Undiagnosed deaths - Zambia (02): pneumonic plague susp. 20071130.3862
Plague - Uganda (Masindi) (03): pneumonic 20070309.0835
Plague - Uganda (Masindi): pneumonic 20070301.0725
Undiagnosed deaths - Uganda (Masindi): RFI 20070227.0698
2006
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Plague, pneumonic - Congo DR (Orientale) (03): WHO 20061108.3208
Plague, pneumonic - Uganda (Arua) 20061020.3022
Plague, pneumonic - Congo DR (Orientale): susp., RFI 20061004.2837
Plague, pneumonic - Congo DR (Ituri) (05): susp., RFI 20060929.2786
Plague, pneumonic - Congo DR (Ituri) 20060614.1650
2005
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Undiagnosed deaths - Congo DR (Maniema) (08): pneumonic plague susp
20050905.2625
Undiagnosed deaths - Congo DR (Maniema): hem fever susp, RFI 20050805.2274
Plague, pneumonic - Congo DR (07): (North East) 20050315.0754
Plague, pneumonic - Congo DR (Ituri) 20050218.0537
2004
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Plague - Congo DR (Ituri): susp. 20040730.2083
Plague - Uganda (Arua, Nebbi) 20040112.0128
2003
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Plague - Uganda (Arua, Nebbi) (02): background 20031013.2584
Plague - Uganda (Arua, Nebbi) 20031012.2566
Plague - Uganda (Arua) 20030331.0794
2002
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Plague - Uganda (Nebbi District): RFI 20021218.6090
Plague - Uganda (Arua, Nebbi) 20021130.5938
Plague, bubonic - Malawi (Nsanje) 20020601.4378
Plague, bubonic - Malawi, Mozambique 20020510.4160
1997
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Yersinia pestis, antibiotic resistance - Madagascar 19970905.1911
1996
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Plague - Madagascar 19961023.1790
1995
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Plague - Madagascar (3) 19951011.0935
Plague - Madagascar (press report) 19950922.0873]
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