2014 Madagascar plague outbreak
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| Date | August 31, 2014 – present |
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| Location | Madagascar |
| Cause | bubonic and pneumonic plague |
| Outcome | 119 confirmed cases |
| Deaths | 40 |
| as of 16 November 2014 | |
The ongoing outbreak of plague in Madagascar in 2014 started on 31 August. On that day the first case, a male from Soamahatamana village in Tsiroanomandidy, was identified.[1] The patient died on 3 September.[1] The outbreak is in the form of bubonic and pneumonic plague. As of 16 November 2014, a total of 119 cases have been confirmed, including 40 deaths.[1] Two percent of reported cases are of the pneumonic form.[1] As of 21 November, in the capital Antananarivo there have been two confirmed cases, including one death.[2]
While plague is not very common in many parts of the world, Madagascar reports anywhere from 300 to 600 reported cases per year (80% of the world’s bubonic plague cases). Typically these cases appear sometime between October and March. [3]
On 4 November 2014, the Ministry of Health of Madagascar reported the outbreak to the World Health Organization.[1]
Potential facilitating factors
A severe threat with the potential to facilitate the rapid spread of plague in Madagascar is the large numbers of rats in the country's prisons. If plague-carrying fleas were to infest these rats, they would inevitably infect prisoners, prison guards and visitors, which in turn would threaten the health of the general population.[4]
NGOs are working together with the Madagascar government in an attempt to eliminate the danger.[5]
References
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- ↑ https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/film/2014/av114b-madagascar-plague.htm%7Ctitle=Madagascar plague outbreak kills 40, says WHO
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