| prompt laboratory diagnosis in timely containment of a plague outbreak in india. | a focal outbreak of pneumonic plague occurred in a hamlet of village hatkoti, district shimla, himachal pradesh in the first fortnight of february, 2002. a total of 16 cases with 4 deaths were reported. diagnosis of plague was confirmed by the laboratory in 10 (63%) cases. y. pestis was isolated from clinical samples of 3 cases and confirmed by bacteriophage lysis. molecular tests confirmed the presence of y. pestis specific pla and f1 genes in 4 cases; dna fingerprinting had identity with the k ... | 2006 | 17913207 |