The 'Hittite plague', an epidemic of tularemia and the first record of biological warfare

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1371-1374

  Trevisanato, Siro Igino ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CYPRUS; EGYPT; EPIDEMIC; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HITTITE PLAGUE; HUMAN; IRAQ; ISRAEL; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TULAREMIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PLAGUE; TULAREMIA; WAR;

FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS;

EID: 35448992156     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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