Thornton D J, Tustin R C, Pienaar B J, Pienaar W N, Bubb H D
J S Afr Vet Assoc. 1975 Jun;46(2):165-9.
The transmission of bubonic plague from the kitten of a domestic cat to a man by means of a bite on a finger is described. The human case was complicated by the development of a secondary meningitis, followed, after specific therapy, by protracted recovery. The kitten showed swollen lymph nodes of the head and neck, frothing at the mouth and nostrils, and signs of an acute infectious disease which had a fatal termination. Yersinia pestis was isolated on about the 8th day from the cerebrospinal fluid of the man. The foster mother of the kitten exhibited signs of spinal and cerebral meningitis but recovered following treatment; her serum contained plague antibody levels of 1:512 and 1:1024 on the 22nd and 34th days respectively after the first evidence of illness. Three litter mates of the kitten also died. The outbreak occurred on a farm in the Graaff-Reinet district of the eastern Cape Province, which is situated about 160 km from the nearest known natural plague focus.
本文描述了一只家猫的幼崽通过咬伤手指将腺鼠疫传播给人类的病例。该人类病例因继发脑膜炎而变得复杂，经过特效治疗后，恢复过程漫长。这只幼猫头部和颈部淋巴结肿大，口和鼻孔有泡沫，呈现出一种致命的急性传染病症状。大约在第8天，从该男子的脑脊液中分离出了鼠疫耶尔森菌。这只幼猫的养母出现了脊髓和脑脑膜炎的症状，但经治疗后康复；在首次出现病症后的第22天和第34天，她的血清中鼠疫抗体水平分别为1:512和1:1024。这只幼猫的三只同窝小猫也死亡了。此次疫情发生在东开普省格拉夫-赖内特地区的一个农场，该农场距离最近已知的自然鼠疫疫源地约160公里。
