Figure 1.

Localities of the small mammals surveyed for plague in this study. The black lines in the central Tanzania map delineate regions. The green shaded areas are the four regions where samples were collected, and the light blue areas show the districts. The regions and districts are as follows: Manyara region (Mbulu district), Iringa region (Iringa district and Kilolo district), and Morogoro (Mvomero district). The four inserts show the location (within the districts) of the plague foci and the non-plague villages sampled.