Outbreak of human pneumonic plague with dog-to-human and possible human-to-human transmission — Colorado, June–July 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 429-434

  Runfola, Janine K ^a   House, Jennifer ^b   Miller, Lisa ^b   Colton, Leah ^b   Hite, Donna ^a   Hawley, Alex ^a   Mead, Paul ^c   Schriefer, Martin ^c   Petersen, Jeannine ^c   Casaceli, Colleen ^d   Erlandson, Kristine M ^e   Foster, Clayton ^e   Pabilonia, Kristy L ^f   Mason, Gary ^f   Douglas, John M ^a  

^a Tri County Health Department Colorado   (United States)

^b Air Pollution Control Division   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Platte Valley Medical Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; DOG DISEASES; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLAGUE; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; COLORADO; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE VECTORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAGUE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84931067726     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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