Plague — Madagascar
The outbreak of plague in Madagascar, which started in August 2017, is ongoing. As of [30 Sep 2017], a total of 73 cases (suspected, probable and confirmed) of pneumonic plague, including 17 deaths (case fatality rate 23.3 percent) have been reported. Of 29 cases in which specimens were collected and submitted to the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, 19 (66 percent) have been confirmed by either polymerase chain reaction or rapid diagnostic tests. The 73 pneumonic cases are geographically spread
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