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Plague and Other Yersinia Infections
Thomas C. Butler
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Paperback. Series: Current Topics in Infectious Disease. Num Pages: 220 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 351.
During the past decade, plague infections have persisted with undiminished importance in foci of the Americas, Africa, and Asia, while infections caused by the other yersiniae were recognized only during this decade as important agents of diarrheal and appendicitislike outbreaks in Europe, North America, and Japan. The dramatic rise of plague was abetted by the military conflict in Vietnam in the latter 1960s and persisted into the 1970s. During these years more Vietnamese people probably died of plague than American ser- vicemen died of combat injuries. In the United States during these same years, the numbers of human cases of ... Read more
During the past decade, plague infections have persisted with undiminished importance in foci of the Americas, Africa, and Asia, while infections caused by the other yersiniae were recognized only during this decade as important agents of diarrheal and appendicitislike outbreaks in Europe, North America, and Japan. The dramatic rise of plague was abetted by the military conflict in Vietnam in the latter 1960s and persisted into the 1970s. During these years more Vietnamese people probably died of plague than American ser- vicemen died of combat injuries. In the United States during these same years, the numbers of human cases of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Series
Current Topics in Infectious Disease
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468484243
SKU
V9781468484243
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