The prevalence of antibodies against Yersinia pestis in domestic carnivores (dogs and cats), in plague areas in the State of Ceará, was analyzed to establish the importance of monitoring these animals within the routine practice of the plague control program. Over the decade 1997-2006, 146,732 serum samples were examined (95,883 from dogs and 50,849 from cats), of which 2,629 (2,234 from dogs and 395 from cats)...
After its introduction into the State of Ceará, Brazil, in 1900, the plague was established in seven ecological complexes: Chapada do Araripe and the Ibiapaba, Baturité, Machado, Matas, Pedra Branca, and Uruburetama mountains. These natural foci were monitored successively from 1935 to 2004 by the National Health Department, National Plague Service, National Department of Rural Endemics, Superintendency of Publ...
Our objective was to describe, in a historical perspective, the epidemiological profile of plague in the State of Ceará since 1900 and the evolution of the activities of the disease control from 1980 to 2008. We carried out a descriptive study using an historical approach based on the oral history for the construction of epidemiological and operational scenarios and a review of the historical and epidemiologica...