Small oversights that led to the Great Plague of Marseille (1720-1723): Lessons from the past

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 169-185

  Devaux, Christian A ^a  

^a University of Montpellier I and II   (France)

Author keywords

Black death; Emerging infectious disease; Genome microevolution mechanisms; Plague; Quarantine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EPIDEMIC; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PLAGUE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL HYGIENE; SOCIOECONOMICS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HOSPITALS, ISOLATION; HUMANS; PLAGUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; QUARANTINE; RISK FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84872845236     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.11.016     Document Type: Review

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