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Human Plague in the United States 1900-1966 FREE

Joseph L. Caten, MD; Leo Kartman, ScD
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JAMA. 1968;205(6):333-336. doi:10.1001/jama.1968.03140320027008
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One or two cases of human plague occur on the average in the United States each year. The occurrence of seven cases in 1965 and five in 1966 led to this review of the available records. A total of 547 cases of human plague with 349 deaths was reported in the continental United States from 1900 to 1966. Epidemics, following epizootics in urban rats, account for 432 of the cases with 284 deaths, all prior to 1925. From 1908 to 1966, contact with wild-rodent sources caused an additional 115 cases with 65 deaths.

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Link, V.B.:  Plague on the High Seas , Public Health Rep 66:1,466-1,472 ( (Nov) ) 1951;.
Link, V.B.:  A History of Plague in the United States of America , Public Health Monogr , (March) 1955;.
Hampton, B.C.:  Plague in the United States , Public Health Rep 55:1,143-1,158 ( (June) ) 1940;.
Meyer, cited by Dubos, R., and Hirsch, J.G. (eds.): Bacterial and Mycotic Infections of Man , ed 4, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1965;.
McCoy, G.W.:  Plague in Ground Squirrels , Public Health Rep 23:1,289-1,293 ( (Sept) ) 1908;.
Wayson, N.E.:  Field Surveys in the Western United States During Ten Years (1936-1945) , Public Health Rep 62:780-791 ( (May) ) 1947;.
Kartman, L., et al:  New Knowledge on the Ecology of Sylvatic Plague , Ann NY Acad Sci 70:668-711 ( (June) ) 1958;.
Eskey, C.R.:  Recent Developments in Our Knowledge of Plague Transmission , Public Health Rep 53:49-57 ( (Jan) ) 1938;.
Kellogg, W.H.:  An Epidemic of Pneumonic Plague , Amer J Public Health 10:599-605 ( (May) ) 1920;.
Kartman, L.; Goldenberg, M.I.; and Hubbert, W.T.:  Recent Observations on the Epidemiology of Plague in the United States , Amer J Public Health 56:1,554-1,569 ( (Sept) ) 1966;.
Meyer, K.F.:  The Natural History of Plague and Psittacosis . Public Health Rep 72:705-719 ( (Aug) ) 1957;.
Collins, R.N., et al:  Plague Epidemic in New Mexico, 1965: Introduction and Description of Cases , Public Health Rep 82:1,077-1,084 ( (Dec) ) 1967;.
Martin, A.R., et al:  Plague Meningitis: A Report of Three Cases in Children and Review of the Problem , Pediatrics 40:610-616 ( (Oct) ) 1967;.

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Link, V.B.:  Plague , Amer J Trop Med 51:452-457 ( (July) ) 1951;.
Link, V.B.:  Plague on the High Seas , Public Health Rep 66:1,466-1,472 ( (Nov) ) 1951;.
Link, V.B.:  A History of Plague in the United States of America , Public Health Monogr , (March) 1955;.
Hampton, B.C.:  Plague in the United States , Public Health Rep 55:1,143-1,158 ( (June) ) 1940;.
Meyer, cited by Dubos, R., and Hirsch, J.G. (eds.): Bacterial and Mycotic Infections of Man , ed 4, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1965;.
McCoy, G.W.:  Plague in Ground Squirrels , Public Health Rep 23:1,289-1,293 ( (Sept) ) 1908;.
Wayson, N.E.:  Field Surveys in the Western United States During Ten Years (1936-1945) , Public Health Rep 62:780-791 ( (May) ) 1947;.
Kartman, L., et al:  New Knowledge on the Ecology of Sylvatic Plague , Ann NY Acad Sci 70:668-711 ( (June) ) 1958;.
Eskey, C.R.:  Recent Developments in Our Knowledge of Plague Transmission , Public Health Rep 53:49-57 ( (Jan) ) 1938;.
Kellogg, W.H.:  An Epidemic of Pneumonic Plague , Amer J Public Health 10:599-605 ( (May) ) 1920;.
Kartman, L.; Goldenberg, M.I.; and Hubbert, W.T.:  Recent Observations on the Epidemiology of Plague in the United States , Amer J Public Health 56:1,554-1,569 ( (Sept) ) 1966;.
Meyer, K.F.:  The Natural History of Plague and Psittacosis . Public Health Rep 72:705-719 ( (Aug) ) 1957;.
Collins, R.N., et al:  Plague Epidemic in New Mexico, 1965: Introduction and Description of Cases , Public Health Rep 82:1,077-1,084 ( (Dec) ) 1967;.
Martin, A.R., et al:  Plague Meningitis: A Report of Three Cases in Children and Review of the Problem , Pediatrics 40:610-616 ( (Oct) ) 1967;.
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