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Plague from Eating Raw Camel Liver

2005/09/01 by Abdulaziz A. Bin Saeed, Nasser Al‐Hamdan, Robert E. Fontaine · 3 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Immunology and Microbiology · #Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research #Bee Products Chemical Analysis #Vector-borne infectious diseases

paper · pdf · doi:10.3201/eid1109.050081

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Abstract

We investigated a cluster of 5 plague cases; the patients included 4 with severe pharyngitis and submandibular lymphadenitis. These 4 case-patients had eaten raw camel liver. Yersinia pestis was isolated from bone marrow of the camel and from jirds (Meriones libycus) and fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) captured at the camel corral.

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