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The median age of patients was 14\u2003years and more men than women were affected.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions\u2002<\/jats:bold> Since the end of the 1980s, the incidence of plague in Madagascar has increased in both rural and urban areas, because of multiple socioeconomic and environmental factors. However, the plague mortality rate has tended to decrease, together with the frequency of pneumonic forms, because of the strengthening of control measures. Making dipstick tests for the rapid diagnosis of human cases and epizootics in rats available for health structures should make it possible to raise the alarm and to react rapidly, thereby further decreasing morbidity and CFR.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-3156.2006.01677.x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,7,12]],"date-time":"2006-07-12T13:11:56Z","timestamp":1152709916000},"page":"1228-1237","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":64,"title":["Epidemiological trends for human plague in Madagascar during the second half of the 20th century: a survey of 20\u2003900 notified cases"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Ren\u00e9","family":"Migliani","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Suzanne","family":"Chanteau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lila","family":"Rahalison","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maherisoa","family":"Ratsitorahina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jean Paul","family":"Boutin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lala","family":"Ratsifasoamanana","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jean","family":"Roux","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2006,7,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_5_2_1","first-page":"32","volume-title":"Recensement g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la population et de l'habitat","author":"Anonymous","year":"1996"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-292.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3201\/eid0803.010250"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_5_1","first-page":"124","article-title":"L\u2019\u00e9pid\u00e8mie de peste pulmonaire de Doany en octobre 1957. 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