Plague in the United States, 1995-1997

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-64

  Levy, Craig E ^a,c   Gage, Kenneth L ^b,d  

^a ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Bureau of Epidemiology and Disease Control   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Infection control; Infection surveillance; Plague, bubonic; Yersinia pestis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HEXACYCLINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLEA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLAGUE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEPTICEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0033007564     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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