000043519 001__ 43519 000043519 005__ 20250424233622.0 000043519 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.6083/bpxhc43519 000043519 037__ $$aETD 000043519 041__ $$aeng 000043519 245__ $$aPlague and plague prevention in the U.S. 000043519 260__ $$bUniversity of Oregon 000043519 269__ $$a1925-1926 000043519 336__ $$aThesis 000043519 520__ $$aThe term 'plague' has been very confusing to the laity as a whole because the term has been applied to almost every epidemic of any serious consequence, specifically, plague is an infection primary in rats and other rodents, secondary in man, caused by Bacillus Pestis. In regions where it is found, it is endemic amongst rodents, and its spread to the human population is usually by way of fleas or by direct contact. 000043519 540__ $$fCC BY 000043519 542__ $$fPublic domain 000043519 650__ $$aPlague$$024220 000043519 650__ $$aPublic Health$$024885 000043519 650__ $$aYersinia pestis$$028063 000043519 6531_ $$aBacillus pestis 000043519 691__ $$aUO Medical School$$041362$$7(1915-1974)$$041362 000043519 692__ $$aUOMS Department of Bacteriology, Hygiene and Public Health$$043881 000043519 7001_ $$aLind, Laurie P.$$uUniversity of Oregon$$041359 000043519 751__ $$aUnited States$$041167 000043519 8564_ $$9034b7068-3993-4672-90c4-4ee672433cf6$$s2599380$$uhttps://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43519/files/Lind.Laurie.ETD.pdf$$ePublic$$2dabd4326f2b7032633c61a864fcb8e41$$31 000043519 909CO $$ooai:digitalcollections.ohsu.edu:43519$$qstudent-work 000043519 980__ $$aTheses and Dissertations