Animal Exposure and Human Plague, United States, 1970–2017

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Campbell, Stefanie B. ; Nelson, Christina A. ; Hinckley, Alison F. ; Kugeler, Kiersten J.
• Description:
  Since 1970, >50% of patients with plague in the United States had interactions with animals that might have led to infection. Among patients with pneumonic plague, nearly all had animal exposure. Improved understanding of the varied ways in which animal contact might increase risk for infection could enhance prevention messages.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Animals Animals, Domestic Child Child, Preschool Farmers Female History, 20Th Century History, 21St Century Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Occupational Exposure One Health Plague/Epidemiology Plague/History Plague/Prevention & Control Plague/Transmission Public Health Surveillance Yersinia Pestis Young Adult Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(12):2270-2273
• Pubmed ID:
  31742515
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6874267
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Historical Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b3bb20ceee6e2c7238e01b3d2cb3630d86d4a20c68e925c1ef6d12a2451f4b0d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/83312/cdc_83312_DS1.pdf
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