Human plague occurrences in Africa: an overview from 1877 to 2008

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-103

  Neerinckx, Simon ^a,b   Bertherat, Eric ^c   Leirs, Herwig ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Africa; History; Overview; Plague; Review; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DATA BASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PLAGUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

AFRICA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MADAGASCAR; PLAGUE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 75149138698     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.07.028     Document Type: Review

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