Plague that never was: A review of the alleged plague outbreaks in India in 1994

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 184-199

  Deodhar, N S ^a   Yemul, Vishwanath L ^a   Banerjee, Kalyan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INDIA; PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; INDIA; PLAGUE; RATS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0031804407     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3343297     Document Type: Review

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