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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Barbieri R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7148359 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20200410 1
Plague is a deadly zoonosis that periodically reemerges as small outbreaks in geographically limited foci where the causative agent Yersinia pestis may reside in soil. We analyzed a dataset of 1.005 carefully documented plague cases that were georeferenced over 113 years in peer-reviewed literature in the contiguous United States. Plotting outbreaks by counties defined as plague foci on geographical maps, we observed a significant co-localization of plague outbreaks with high soil salinity measu ...[more]