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Yersinia pestis (Plague)

 

 

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Vignettes

Maki R. Discovery of Yersinia pestis. 2005

Drancourt M, Signoli M, Dang LV, Bizot B, Roux V, Tzortzis S, Raoult D. Yersinia pestis Orientalis in remains of ancient plague patients Emerg Infect Dis, Feb. 2007.

Butler, T.  Plague into the 21st Century: Implications for modern diagnostics and vaccines.  Clin Infect Dis 2004;49:736-742..

Konstantinidou K, Mantadakis E, et al. Venetian Rule and Control of Plague Epidemics on the Ionian Islands During 17th and 18th Centuries. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Jan;15:39-43.

Lux T.  Plague Victims Catapulted Over Walls Into Besieged City.  Emerg Infect Dis 2008;14(6):943.

Eisen RJ, Petersen JM.  Persistence of Yersinia pestis in soil under natural conditions.  Emerg Infect Dis 2008;14(6):941-943.

 

 

 

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Thomas Butler, M.D.

In Defense of Thomas C. Butler, M.D.

 

 

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