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An experience in the control of plague in Botswana
J A Kumaresan1, J B Grova, P K Mmatli
1Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Gaborone, Botswana.
Tropical Doctor
|October 1, 1991
Abstract:
In October 1989, cases of human plague started to occur in Boteti district of Botswana. One hundred and seventy cases were recorded in total from 15 October 1989 to 6 April 1990. There were 12 deaths, giving a case fatality rate of 7%. All cases were of the bubonic type. A concerted control strategy based on sentinel surveillance, involving public education, flea and rodent control, chemotherapy and chemoprophylaxis controlled the epidemic.