Ecological-geographic landscapes of natural plague foci in China VIII. Typing of natural plague foci.
- Author:
Xi-ye FANG
1
;
Qi-yong LIU
;
Lei XU
;
Dong-sheng ZHOU
;
Yu-jun CUI
;
Xing-qi DONG
;
Rong-zu ZHANG
;
Shao-hua GU
;
Cai-de YE
;
Rui-fu YANG
Author Information
1. Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. xiyefang@hotmail.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Animals;
Biological Evolution;
China;
epidemiology;
Disease Reservoirs;
Geography;
Insect Vectors;
Plague;
epidemiology;
prevention & control;
Yersinia pestis;
genetics
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2013;34(1):91-97
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Since plague is an important natural focus zoonosis, the typing of natural plague foci becomes one of the elements in understanding the nature and developing related prevention program of the disease. Natural foci of plague are composed by four fundamental parts which include Eco-geographical landscape (natural plague foci), hosts, vectors and pathogens (Yersinia pestis) that comprehensively interact through the large temporal scale of evolution. Human activities have had great impact on the foci of natural plague. Based on the published serial research papers, we tried to integrate the knowledge of each factor in natural plague foci and focusing on theoretical aspects, so as to strengthen the prevention and surveillance programs of plague to be extrapolated to other zoonosis.
