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Results of monitoring of plague in Raoping County, Guangdong Province.

Liang Qiu-guang, Liang WenJia, Yulian Li

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Objective To undersland the epidemic situation of plague in Raoping Country. Methods Pathological and seriological survey of plague in Raoping County were carried out based on GB16882-1997 and GB15991-1995. Results The density of house rodent was 15.00%,density of Rattus flavipectus was 4.36%. The density of wild rodent was 1.00% and that of Rattus losea was 1.00%. The flea index of house rodent as wild rodents were 3.00 and 0.10, 401 murine-like-animus and 46 fleaes were examined and no Yersina pestis was detected. 605 serum samples from rodents and 200 serum samples from human were surveyed and no F1-antibody was detected. And no F1-Antigen was detected by IHA. Conclusion There no infections of plague is discovered in host animals, vectors an humans in Raoping County.

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Key concepts: Plague (disease), Rodent, Flea, Yersinia pestis, Veterinary medicine, Biology, Host (biology), Virology