Plague (cont.)

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Where can more information be found on plague?

"CDC Plague Home Page," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/

"Laboratory Test Criteria for Diagnosis of Plague," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/lab-test-criteria.htm

REFERENCES:

Bos, K., J. Verena, V. Schuenemann, G. Golding, et al. "A Draft Genome of Yersinia pestis From Victims of the Black Death." Nature 478 (2011): 506-510.

Bubeck, S., and P. Dube. "Yersinia pestis CO92ΔyopH Is a Potent Live, Attenuated Plague Vaccine." Clin Vaccine Immunol 14.9 (2007): 1235-1238.

Lin, J., L. Kummer, F. Szaba, and S. Smiley. "IL-17 Contributes to Cell-Mediated Defense Against Pulmonary Yersinia pestis Infection." J. Immunology 186 (2011): 1675-1684.

United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Notes From the Field: Two Cases of Human Plague -- Oregon, 2010." MMRW 60.07: 214.


Reviewed by Mary D. Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP on 4/13/2012

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