Plague: past, present, and future

PLoS Med. 2008 Jan 15;5(1):e3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050003.

Abstract

The authors argue that plague should be taken much more seriously by the international health community.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bioterrorism
  • Birds / parasitology
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Disease Reservoirs
  • Endemic Diseases
  • Forecasting
  • Global Health
  • Humans
  • Insect Vectors / microbiology
  • Mammals / parasitology
  • Plague / epidemiology*
  • Plague / microbiology
  • Plague / prevention & control
  • Plague / transmission
  • Siphonaptera / microbiology
  • Travel
  • Yersinia pestis / physiology
  • Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / physiology