Advanced search
Publication Cover
Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 99, 2005 - Issue 8
Journal homepage
70
Views
56
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

A 12-case outbreak of pharyngeal plague following the consumption of camel meat, in north–eastern Jordan

A. ArbajiMinistry of HealthP.O. Box 86, Amman, Jordan
,
S. KharabshehMinistry of HealthP.O. Box 86, Amman, Jordan
,
S. Al-AzabMinistry of HealthP.O. Box 86, Amman, Jordan
,
M. Al-KayedMinistry of HealthP.O. Box 86, Amman, Jordan
,
Z. S. AmrDepartment of Biological Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid, Jordan
,
M. Abu BakerDepartment of Biological Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid, Jordan
&
M. C. ChuBacterial Zoonoses BranchCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, P.O. Box 2087, Rampart Road, Foothills Campus, Fort Collins, CO 80522, U.S.A
 show all
Pages 789-793 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

REFERENCES

  • Amr, Z. S. (2000). Mammals of Jordan. Amman: United Nations Environment Programme.
  • Anon. (1944). Medical and Sanitary Data on Palestine and Trans-Jordan. War Department Technical Bulletin 40. Washington, DC: Office of the Surgeon General.
  • Bahmanyar, M. (1972). Human plague episode in the district of Khawlan, Yemen. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 21, 123–128.
  • Christie, A. B., Chen, T. H. & Elberg, S. S. (1980). Plague in camels and goats: their role in human epidemics. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 141, 724–726.
  • Chu, M. C. (2000). Laboratory Manual of Diagnostic Tests. Geneva: World Health Organization.
  • Dennis, D., Gage, K. L., Gratz, N., Poland, J. D. & Tikhomirov, E. (1999). Plague Manual; Epidemiology, Distribution, Surveillance and Control. Geneva: World Health Organization.
  • Eidson, M., Tierney, L. A., Rollag, O. J., Becker, T., Brown, T. & Hull, H. F. (1988). Feline plague in New Mexico: risk factors and transmission to humans. American Journal of Public Health, 78, 1333–1335.
  • Eidson, M., Thilsted, J. P. & Rollag, O. J. (1991). Clinical, clinicopathologic, and pathologic features of plague in cats: 119 cases (1977-1988). Journal of the American Veterinary Medicine Association, 199, 1191–1197.
  • Gratz, N. G. (1973). Urban rodent-borne disease and rodent distribution in Israel and neighboring countries. Israel Journal of Medical Sciences, 9, 969–979.
  • Hitti, P. K. (2004). History of Syria, Including Lebanon and Palestine. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press.
  • Karimi, P. (1980). Discovery of a new focus of zoonotic plague in the eastern Azarbaidjan region of Iran. Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique et de ses Filiales, 73,28–35.
  • Leighton, F. A., Artsob, H. A., Chu, M. C. & Olson, J. G. (2001). A serological survey of rural dogs and cats on the southwestern Canadian prairie for zoonotic pathogens. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 92, 67–71.
  • Lewis, R. E. (1966). Siphonaptera. In International Jordan Expedition 1966. Report for International Biological Programme, ed. Morton Boyd, J. pp. 64-68. London: Nature Conservancy Council.
  • Marshall Jr, J. D., Quy, D.V. & Gibson, F. L.(1967). Asymptomatic pharyngeal plague infection in Vietnam. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 16, 175–177.
  • Misonne, X. (1977). A natural focus of plague in Libya. Annales de la Société Belge de Méclecine Tropicale, 57, 163–168.
  • Saliba, E. K. & Amr, Z. S. (1985). A contribution to the fleas of Jordan and their association with mammal hosts. Dirasat, 12, 21–24.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.