Plague: A veterinary perspective

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 444-448

  Orloski, Kathleen A ^a   Lathrop, Sarah L ^b  

^a Wyoming Department of Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PATHOGENESIS; PLAGUE; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BIOTERRORISM; HUMANS; PLAGUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZOONOSES;

YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0037442029     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.222.444     Document Type: Review

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