Two fatal cases of plague after consumption of raw marmot organs
Jan Kehrmann, Walter Popp, Battumur Delgermaa, D. Otgonbayar, Tsagaan Gantumur, Jan Buer, Nyamdorj Tsogbadrakh
Abstract
Marmots are an important reservoir of Yersinia pestis and a source of human plague in Mongolia. We present two fatal cases of plague after consumption of raw marmot organs and discuss the distribution of natural foci of Y. pestis in Mongolia.
Topics & Concepts
MarmotYersinia pestisPlague (disease)YersiniosisBiologyVirologyGeographyEcologyVirulenceEscherichia coliGeneArchaeologyEnterobacteriaceaeBiochemistryYersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites researchEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesBacillus and Francisella bacterial research