Some results of epidemiology, surveillance and prevention of plague in Viet Nam from 1991 to 2000
Journal of Preventive Medicine
;
: 56-60, 2002.
Article
in Vietnamese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-1620
ABSTRACT
From 1991 to 2000 the plague in Viet Nam has remarkably controlled. The morbidity and mortality rate decreased from 439.6 patients/year during 1991-1995 to 161.2 patients/year during 1996-2000, the areas affected by plague had been narrowed, only in Gia Lai and Dac Lac provinces. The plague occours throughout the year but concerntrating in period from February to May every year. In the North, R.norvegicus is the main host and R.exulans is the common host at the other areas. The main vector of plague in Viet Nam is X.cheopis. Biological surveillance showed that Y.pestis has been negative at the provinces and cities in the North for the past years. The possitive rate was different in the rest areas over the times
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Main subject:
Plague
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Epidemiology
Type of study:
Screening study
Language:
Vietnamese
Journal:
Journal of Preventive Medicine
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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