What the records say
- When
- 27 Aug 2017
- Kind
- Epidemic
- Coordinates
- 20.00° S, 47.00° E
- Description
- outbreaks of plague in Madagascar during the 21st century
- Deaths
- 221
- Cause
- pneumonic plague, bubonic plague
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
21st-century Madagascar plague outbreaks
Outbreaks of plague in Madagascar during the 21st century
Madagascar has experienced several outbreaks of bubonic and pneumonic plague in the 21st century. In the outbreak beginning in 2014, 71 died; in 2017, 202 died. Smaller outbreaks occurred in January 2008, and December 2013.
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