Pneumonic Plague Cluster, Uganda, 2004

Pneumonic Plague Cluster, Uganda, 2004

The public and clinicians have long-held beliefs that pneumonic plague is highly contagious; inappropriate alarm and panic have occurred during outbreaks. We investigated communicability in a naturally occurring pneumonic plague cluster. We defined a probable pneumonic plague case as an acute-onset...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth M. Begier, Gershim Asiki, Zaccheus Anywaine, Brook Yockey, Martin Schriefer, Philliam Aleti, Asaph Ogen-Odoi, J. Erin Staples, Christopher Sexton, Scott Bearden, Jacob L. Kool
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Plague
disease outbreaks
pneumonia
plague transmission
research
Uganda
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/3/05-1051_article

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