Pneumonic Plague in a Dog and Widespread Potential Human Exposure in a Veterinary Hospital, United States

In December 2017, a dog that had pneumonic plague was brought to a veterinary teaching hospital in northern Colorado, USA. Several factors, including signalment, season, imaging, and laboratory findings, contributed to delayed diagnosis and resulted in potential exposure of >116 persons and 46 co...

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Autores principales: Schaffer, Paula A., Brault, Stephanie A., Hershkowitz, Connor, Harris, Lauren, Dowers, Kristy, House, Jennifer, Aboellail, Tawfik A., Morley, Paul S., Daniels, Joshua B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6433021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30882315
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2504.181195
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author Schaffer, Paula A.
Brault, Stephanie A.
Hershkowitz, Connor
Harris, Lauren
Dowers, Kristy
House, Jennifer
Aboellail, Tawfik A.
Morley, Paul S.
Daniels, Joshua B.
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Dowers, Kristy
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description In December 2017, a dog that had pneumonic plague was brought to a veterinary teaching hospital in northern Colorado, USA. Several factors, including signalment, season, imaging, and laboratory findings, contributed to delayed diagnosis and resulted in potential exposure of >116 persons and 46 concurrently hospitalized animals to Yersinia pestis.
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spelling pubmed-64330212019-04-03 Pneumonic Plague in a Dog and Widespread Potential Human Exposure in a Veterinary Hospital, United States Schaffer, Paula A. Brault, Stephanie A. Hershkowitz, Connor Harris, Lauren Dowers, Kristy House, Jennifer Aboellail, Tawfik A. Morley, Paul S. Daniels, Joshua B. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch In December 2017, a dog that had pneumonic plague was brought to a veterinary teaching hospital in northern Colorado, USA. Several factors, including signalment, season, imaging, and laboratory findings, contributed to delayed diagnosis and resulted in potential exposure of >116 persons and 46 concurrently hospitalized animals to Yersinia pestis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6433021/ /pubmed/30882315 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2504.181195 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Schaffer, Paula A.
Brault, Stephanie A.
Hershkowitz, Connor
Harris, Lauren
Dowers, Kristy
House, Jennifer
Aboellail, Tawfik A.
Morley, Paul S.
Daniels, Joshua B.
Pneumonic Plague in a Dog and Widespread Potential Human Exposure in a Veterinary Hospital, United States
title Pneumonic Plague in a Dog and Widespread Potential Human Exposure in a Veterinary Hospital, United States
title_full Pneumonic Plague in a Dog and Widespread Potential Human Exposure in a Veterinary Hospital, United States
title_fullStr Pneumonic Plague in a Dog and Widespread Potential Human Exposure in a Veterinary Hospital, United States
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title_short Pneumonic Plague in a Dog and Widespread Potential Human Exposure in a Veterinary Hospital, United States
title_sort pneumonic plague in a dog and widespread potential human exposure in a veterinary hospital, united states
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6433021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30882315
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2504.181195
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