@article{prevention:43519, author = {Lind, Laurie P.}, url = {http://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43519}, title = {Plague and plague prevention in the U.S.}, publisher = {University of Oregon}, abstract = {The term 'plague' has been very confusing to the laity as a whole because the term has been applied to almost every epidemic of any serious consequence, specifically, plague is an infection primary in rats and other rodents, secondary in man, caused by Bacillus Pestis. In regions where it is found, it is endemic amongst rodents, and its spread to the human population is usually by way of fleas or by direct contact.}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.6083/bpxhc43519}, recid = {43519}, address = {1925-1926}, }