Epidemiological features of pneumonic plague outbreak in Himachal Pradesh, India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 455-460

  Joshi, Kamlesh ^a   Thakur, J S ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Singh, A J ^a   Ray, Pallab ^a   Jain, Sanjay ^a   Varma, S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Epidemic; Epidemiology; India; Plague; Surveillance; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; PLAGUE; PNEUMONIC PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ISOLATION; PLAGUE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 63249121629     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.11.026     Document Type: Article

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