Assessing the effectiveness of intervention to prevent plague through community and animal-based survey.

ABSTRACT: Bubonic plague, transmitted by infected flea bites, is the most common form of plague and, left untreated, can progress to the pneumonic form, which is highly contagious. Surveillance focusing on reservoir and vector is considered to be the main approach to prevent plague. Common rodent control methods include the use of rodenticide and snap traps but, in a plague context, the dispersal of fleas from killed animals may pose a serious health threat. Therefore, there is a need for strategies which address reservoir and vector control. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of combination of reservoir and vector control through community-based surveillance. Activities were implemented by local previously trained community agents in two active plague foci in Madagascar. Kartman bait s

SUBMITTER: Rahelinirina S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10727364 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature