Investigation of a researcher's death due to septicemic plague

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 2563-2564

  Frank, Karen M ^a   Schneewind, Olaf ^a   Shieh, Wun Ju ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COUGHING; DEATH; DETERIORATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIC PLAGUE; WEAKNESS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 79959789099     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1010939     Document Type: Letter

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