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. 2015 Jan;21(1):8–15. doi: 10.3201/eid2101.131828

Table 3. Analysis of animal serum samples and organs for Yersina pestis, April 1, 2011, during pneumonic plague outbreak, northern Madagascar, 2011*.

Village Rodent or dog source No. samples Serologic result pla/caf1 PCR result Culture SNPs CRISPR Sample ID
Antanabe Rattus rattus 1 + + + R05
R. rattus 20 ND ND ND NA
Mus musculus 1 ND ND ND NA

Suncus murinus
1


ND
ND
ND
NA
Ambarakaraka
R. rattus
1

+

+
+
R16
Ankatakata R. rattus 1 + + + R48
R. rattus 1 + + + R52
R. rattus 1 + + + R56
R. rattus 15 ND ND ND NA
Canis sp. 2 + ND ND ND ND NA
Canis sp. 3 ND ND ND ND NA
M. musculus 2 ND ND ND NA

Setifer setosus
1
+

ND
ND
ND
NA
Antsisoboko R. rattus 2 ND ND ND NA
S. setosus 2 ND ND ND NA

Microgale brevicaudata
3


ND
ND
ND
NA
Antanambao R. rattus 9 ND ND ND NA

S. setosus
3


ND
ND
ND
NA
Total NA 69 3 positive 5 positive NA 5 5 NA

*pla, plasminogen activator gene; caf1, capsule antigen fraction1 gene; SNPs, single-nucleotide polymorphisms; CRISPR, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat pattern; ID, identification; –, negative; +, positive; ND, not done; NA, not applicable.