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Volume 21, Number 1—January 2015
Synopsis

Pneumonic Plague Outbreak, Northern Madagascar, 2011

Vincent Richard, Julia M. RiehmComments to Author , Perlinot Herindrainy, Rahelinirina Soanandrasana, Maherisoa Ratsitoharina, Fanjasoa Rakotomanana, Samuel Andrianalimanana, Holger C. Scholz, and Minoarisoa Rajerison
Author affiliations: Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal (V. Richard); Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany (J.M. Riehm, H.C. Scholz); German Center for Infection Research, Munich (J.M. Riehm, H.C. Scholz); Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Anatananarivo, Madagascar (P. Herindrainy, R. Soanandrasana, M. Ratsitoharina, F. Rakotomanana, M. Rajerison); Ministry of Public Health, Anatananarivo (S. Andrianalimanana)

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Table 1

Diagnostic, epidemiologic, and molecular data for persons with symptoms of pneumonic plague during pneumonic plague outbreak, northern Madagascar, 2011*

Patient/household Received antimicrobial drug treatment and survived Sampling RDT Serologic analysis Culture WHO case definition Molecular analysis
1/A No No ND ND ND Suspected ND
2/A No No ND ND ND Suspected ND
3/A No No ND ND ND Suspected ND
4/A No No ND ND ND Suspected ND
5/A No No ND ND ND Suspected ND
6/A No No ND ND ND Suspected ND
7/A No No ND ND ND Suspected ND
8/B No No ND ND ND Suspected ND
9/C No No ND ND ND Suspected ND
10/B No No ND ND ND Suspected ND
11/B No No ND ND ND Suspected ND
12/A Yes Serum/sputum + +† – Confirmed +
13/A Yes Serum/sputum + +† – Confirmed +
14/B No No ND ND ND Suspected ND
15/D Yes Serum ND – ND Suspected ND
16/A Yes Serum ND – ND Suspected ND
17/B Yes Serum ND +† ND Confirmed ND
18/E No No ND ND ND Suspected ND
19/E No No ND ND ND Suspected ND
20/F No No ND ND ND Suspected ND

*RDT, rapid dipstick test; WHO, World Health Organization; ND, not done; +, positive; –, negative.
†A 4-fold increase in titer in the second serum sample.

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