Plague: A Millenary Infectious Disease Reemerging in the XXI Century

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2017, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Grácio, A J Dos Santos ^a   Grácio, Maria Amélia A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; ANGOLA; BIOTERRORISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MADAGASCAR; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; PLAGUE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; YERSINIA PESTIS; AFRICA; ASIA; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA;

AFRICA; AFRICA, NORTHERN; ALGERIA; ASIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LIBYA; MADAGASCAR; PLAGUE; SOUTH AMERICA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 85029151787     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2017/5696542     Document Type: Review

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