Plague in domestic cats — Idaho, 2016

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 48, 2016, Pages 1378-1379

  Kassem, Ahmed M ^a,b   Tengelsen, Leslie ^b   Atkins, Brandon ^c   Link, Kimberly ^c   Taylor, Mike ^d   Peterson, Erin ^b   Machado, Ashley ^b   Carter, Kris ^a,b   Hutton, Scott ^b   Turner, Kathryn ^b   Hahn, Christine ^b  

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

^b Idaho Department of Health and Welfare   (United States)

^c Central District Health Department   (United States)

^d Eastern Idaho Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CAT; CAT DISEASES; FEMALE; IDAHO; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PLAGUE; VETERINARY; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; IDAHO; MALE; PLAGUE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 85005952190     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6548a5     Document Type: Note

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