Taking the ecogeographical data into acount, the authors consider the surveyed area to be a natural focus of plague with the marmot M.baibacina as the main rservoir.

结合其它生态理资料,判定沙县带角鼠疫自然疫源,并认为是以灰旱獭为主要贮宿主的单宿主鼠疫疫源。