Pneumonic Plague in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1904
Plague is a potentially dangerous reemerging disease. Because modern outbreaks are relatively infrequent, data for epidemiologic study are best found in historical accounts. In 1905, the Rand Plague Committee published a report describing an explosive outbreak of 113 cases of pneumonic plague that o...
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Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2018-01-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/1/16-1817_article |