(2015) Fact Sheet Plague: For Veterinarians, August 26, 2015. Public Health, Department of (Health and Human Services, Department of)
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Abstract
It is caused by a gram-negative coccobacillus Yersinia pestis. This organism caused massive epidemics in Europe in the Middle Ages and was synonymous with Black Death. Today, the disease is rare, but the organism is still in the environment in sylvatic rodent species. In the United States, most of the recent cases of plague have been found in western states.
| Item Type: | Departmental Report |
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| Keywords: | Plague, Healthcare, Public Health |
| Subjects: | Health and medicine Health and medicine > Diseases Health and medicine > Public health |
| ID Code: | 33000 |
| Deposited By: | Margaret Barr |
| Deposited On: | 09 Jul 2020 18:38 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jul 2020 18:38 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/33000 |