Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Sep;11(9):1456-7.

Plague from eating raw camel liver.

Bin Saeed AA, Al-Hamdan NA, Fontaine RE.

Source

King Saud University College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. abinsaeed2001@yahoo.com

Abstract

We investigated a cluster of 5 plague cases; the patients included 4 with severe pharyngitis and submandibular lymphadenitis. These 4 case-patients had eaten raw camel liver. Yersinia pestis was isolated from bone marrow of the camel and from jirds (Meriones libycus) and fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) captured at the camel corral.

PMID:: 16229781; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
PMCID:: PMC3310619

Free PMC Article

Publication Types, MeSH Terms

Publication Types

Case Reports

MeSH Terms

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Medical

Supplemental Content

Save items

PubReader: Say goodbye to the old way of reading articles.

Related citations in PubMed

A 12-case outbreak of pharyngeal plague following the consumption of camel meat, in north-eastern Jordan. [Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2005]
A 12-case outbreak of pharyngeal plague following the consumption of camel meat, in north-eastern Jordan.
Arbaji A, Kharabsheh S, Al-Azab S, Al-Kayed M, Amr ZS, Abu Baker M, Chu MC. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2005 Dec; 99(8):789-93.
Plague in camels and goats: their role in human epidemics. [J Infect Dis. 1980]
Plague in camels and goats: their role in human epidemics.
Christie AB, Chen TH, Elberg SS. J Infect Dis. 1980 Jun; 141(6):724-6.
Outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by Yersinia pestis in Afghanistan. [Epidemiol Infect. 2011]
Outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by Yersinia pestis in Afghanistan.
Leslie T, Whitehouse CA, Yingst S, Baldwin C, Kakar F, Mofleh J, Hami AS, Mustafa L, Omar F, Ayazi E, et al. Epidemiol Infect. 2011 May; 139(5):728-35. Epub 2010 Jul 22.
Review Plague. [Lancet. 2007]
Review Plague.
Prentice MB, Rahalison L. Lancet. 2007 Apr 7; 369(9568):1196-207.
Review Molecular and physiological insights into plague transmission, virulence and etiology. [Microbes Infect. 2006]
Review Molecular and physiological insights into plague transmission, virulence and etiology.
Zhou D, Han Y, Yang R. Microbes Infect. 2006 Jan; 8(1):273-84. Epub 2005 Aug 10.

See reviews... See all...

Cited by 4 PubMed Central articles

Plague outbreak in Libya, 2009, unrelated to plague in Algeria. [Emerg Infect Dis. 2013]
Plague outbreak in Libya, 2009, unrelated to plague in Algeria.
Cabanel N, Leclercq A, Chenal-Francisque V, Annajar B, Rajerison M, Bekkhoucha S, Bertherat E, Carniel E. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Feb; 19(2):230-6.
Rapid Detection and Identification of Yersinia pestis from Food Using Immunomagnetic Separation and Pyrosequencing. [J Pathog. 2012]
Rapid Detection and Identification of Yersinia pestis from Food Using Immunomagnetic Separation and Pyrosequencing.
Amoako KK, Shields MJ, Goji N, Paquet C, Thomas MC, Janzen TW, Bin Kingombe CI, Kell AJ, Hahn KR. J Pathog. 2012; 2012:781652. Epub 2012 Oct 3.
Virulence Plasmid (pYV)-Associated Expression of Phenotypic Virulent Determinants in Pathogenic Yersinia Species: A Convenient Method for Monitoring the Presence of pYV under Culture Conditions and Its Application for Isolation/Detection of Yersinia pestis in Food. [J Pathog. 2011]
Virulence Plasmid (pYV)-Associated Expression of Phenotypic Virulent Determinants in Pathogenic Yersinia Species: A Convenient Method for Monitoring the Presence of pYV under Culture Conditions and Its Application for Isolation/Detection of Yersinia pestis in Food.
Bhaduri S, Smith JL. J Pathog. 2011; 2011:727313. Epub 2011 Sep 14.

See all...

Related information

Related Citations
Calculated set of PubMed citations closely related to the selected article(s) retrieved using a word weight algorithm. Related articles are displayed in ranked order from most to least relevant, with the “linked from” citation displayed first.
References for this PMC Article
Citation referenced in PubMed article. Only valid for PubMed citations that are also in PMC.
Free in PMC
Free full text articles in PMC
Cited in PMC
Full-text articles in the PubMed Central Database that cite the current articles.

Recent activity

Clear Turn Off Turn On

Plague from eating raw camel liver.
Plague from eating raw camel liver.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Sep ;11(9):1456-7.

PubMed

Your browsing activity is empty.

Activity recording is turned off.

Turn recording back on

PubMed

Result Filters

Display Settings:

Send to: