An Overview of Plague in the United States and a Report of Investigations of Two Human Cases in Kern County, California, 1995

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-82

  Madon, Minoo B ^a   Hitchcock, James C ^a   Davis, Richard M ^a   Myers, Charles M ^a   Smith, Charles R ^a   Fritz, Curtis L ^a,b   Emery, Kirt W ^c   O'Rullian, William ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Kern County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Epizootic; Fleas; Plague; Wild rodents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAGUE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAGUE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031159953     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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