U.S. flag An official website of the United States government.
Official websites use .gov

A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS

A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

i

Transmission of plague

Public Domain
File Language:
English


Details

  • Corporate Authors:
    Communicable Disease Center (U.S.)
  • Description:
    Diagram showing transmission of plague to humans.

    Plague bacilli may be transmitted by fleas from wild rodents to domestic rats or from domestic rats to wild rodent. Domestic rat fleas commonly transmit plague to human beings in those parts of the world where domestic rat fleas are particularly abundant. Wild rodent fleas also occasionally transmit plague bacilli to man. Man may also acquire plague infection by handling diseased rodents and by sputum infection from persons ill with pneumonic plague.

  • Subjects:
  • Source:
    CDC Bull. 1948 July-Sept;7(3):frontispiece
  • Series:
    CDC Bulletin
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Pages in Document:
    frontispiece
  • Volume:
    1948
  • Issue:
    3
  • Collection(s):
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:1e04623bf2b398a67aac72b2a81b12faef10ce36fbe70ea61b6e1335d2aa16911b8b79c6fec47a93186bba30b84ac1ea84dace9098273833dac3fc307c45f455
  • Download URL:
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 952.45 KB ]

Related Documents

PREVIOUS
File Language:
English
ON THIS PAGE
Details Related Documents
CDC STACKS serves as an archival repository of CDC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other public health information authored or co-authored by CDC or funded partners.

As a repository, CDC STACKS retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.
BACK TO TOP