Bubonic and pneumonic plague - Uganda, 2006

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 58, Issue 28, 2009, Pages 778-781

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PLAGUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAGUE; RATS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 67651102779     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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