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Plague in South Africa: Perpetuation and Spread of Infection by Wild Rodents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

J. Alexander Mitchell
J. Alexander Mitchell
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Read at South African Medical Congress, Cape Town, 9th October 1921.
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The infection of plague was originally introduced into South Africa during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900–1902, by rats from vessels with cargoes of forage from infected South American ports. During this period serious outbreaks occurred in Cape Town, port Elizabeth, East London and other centres in the Cape Province, and also at Durban and Maritzburg.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , December 1921 , pp. 377 - 382
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1921