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A total of 2762 individuals composed of six species (\n                    <jats:italic>Rattus rattus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Rattus norvegicus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Mus musculus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Setifer setosus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Suncus murinus<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Tenrec ecaudatus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) were caught over the six successive TS.\n                    <jats:italic>R. rattus<\/jats:italic>\n                    represented 88% of all captures, with the highest relative abundances observed during the dry season (June to August 2019). None of the micromammals tested positive for the presence of\n                    <jats:italic>Y. pestis<\/jats:italic>\n                    , neither with qPCR nor bacterial culture. However, 11 seropositive individuals (6\n                    <jats:italic>R. rattus<\/jats:italic>\n                    , 2\u00a0\n                    <jats:italic>M. musculus<\/jats:italic>\n                    and 3\n                    <jats:italic>S. murinus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) were retrieved following ELISA, thus leading to a global seroprevalence of 0.4%. Our study highlighted the significant influence of climatic data on the seasonal variations of\n                    <jats:italic>R. rattus<\/jats:italic>\n                    abundance and suggest that black rat control should be conducted before the dry season, that is, during high reproduction period of rats, in order to reduce the number of reproducing animals and prevent subsequent increase in abundance. As three\n                    <jats:italic>S. murinus<\/jats:italic>\n                    and two\n                    <jats:italic>M. musculus<\/jats:italic>\n                    plague seropositive were identified in the present study, their potential role in plague eco\u2010epidemiology in Madagascar should be explored further.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/1749-4877.12944","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,14]],"date-time":"2025-01-14T02:20:53Z","timestamp":1736821253000},"page":"37-47","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Plague in Small Mammals from an Endemic Focus of the Malagasy Central Highlands: A Longitudinal Survey with a Special Reference on Black Rats (\n                    <i>Rattus rattus<\/i>\n                    )"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Mamionah Noro 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