The puzzle of plague transmission
Patricia Morison A and Ian Morison A B
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Microbiology Australia 41(4) 172-174 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA20047
Published: 28 October 2020
Abstract
Bubonic plague is among the most feared diseases in human history, not only because of its death toll but also for its consequential impact on the way of life and economic endeavour of human society. Every few hundred years the advance of a pandemic has raised impotent fear, until the early 20th century when microbiological research solved the mystery of how it is transmitted to its victims, opening the way to protective measures.
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