scholarly journals Epidemiologic Determinants for Modeling Pneumonic Plague Outbreaks

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 608-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Gani ◽  
Steve Leach
Keyword(s):  
Pneumonic Plague ◽  
Epidemiologic Determinants

Development and testing of a rapid diagnostic test for bubonic and pneumonic plague

The Lancet ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 361 (9353) ◽  
pp. 211-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Chanteau ◽  
Lila Rahalison ◽  
Lalao Ralafiarisoa ◽  
Jeanine Foulon ◽  
Mahery Ratsitorahina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Rapid Diagnostic Test ◽  
Pneumonic Plague

Studies on the Antibody Patterns in Pneumonic Plague Patients

1955 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. R. McCrumb ◽  
S. Mercier ◽  
T. H. Chen ◽  
K. F. Meyer ◽  
K. Goodner
Keyword(s):  
Pneumonic Plague

scholarly journals Pneumonic Plague Epidemic in Northeast China 1910–1911 and Dr. Wu Lien-Teh’s Great Contribution

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-214
Author(s):  
Qingmeng Zhang ◽  
◽  
Yan Liu ◽  
Pavel E. Ratmanov ◽  
Fengmin Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northeast China ◽  
Great Contribution ◽  
Pneumonic Plague

scholarly journals Pneumonic Plague, Northern India, 2002

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 664-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manohar Lal Gupta ◽  
Anuradha Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Pneumonic Plague ◽  
Northern India

scholarly journals Levofloxacin Cures Experimental Pneumonic Plague in African Green Monkeys

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. e959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Colby Layton ◽  
William Mega ◽  
Jacob D. McDonald ◽  
Trevor L. Brasel ◽  
Edward B. Barr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pneumonic Plague ◽  
Green Monkeys

The Role of EMS Systems in Public Health Emergencies

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara A. McIntosh ◽  
Patricia Hinds ◽  
Lorraine M. Giordano
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Department ◽  
Definitive Treatment ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Pneumonic Plague ◽  
Notification System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Health Emergencies ◽  
Isolation Facilities

AbstractIntroduction:Until now, the public health response to the threat of an epidemic has involved coordination of efforts between federal agencies, local health departments, and individual hospitals, with no defined role for prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) providers.Methods:Representatives from the local health department, hospital consortium, and prehospital EMS providers developed an interim plan for dealing with an epidemic alert. The plan allowed for the prehospital use of appropriate isolation procedures, prophylaxis of personnel, and predesignation of receiving hospitals for patients suspected of having infection. Additionally, a dual notification system utilizing an EMS physician and a representative from the Office of Infectious Diseases from the hospital group was implemented to ensure that all potential cases were captured. Initially, the plan was employed only for those cases arising from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCJ/Public Health Service (PHS) quarantine unit at the airport, but its use later was expanded to include all potential cases within the 9–1–1 system.Results:In the two test situations in which it was employed, the plan incorporating the prehospital EMS sector worked well and extended the “surveillance net” further into the community. During the Pneumonic Plague alert, EMS responded to the quarantine facilities at the airport five times and transported two patients to isolation facilities. Two additional patients were identified and transported to isolation facilities from calls within the 9–1–1 system. In all four isolated cases, Pneumonic Plague was ruled out. During the Ebola alert, no potential cases were identified.Conclusion:The incorporation of the prehospital sector into an already existing framework for public health emergencies (i.e., epidemics), enhances the reach of the public safety surveillance net and ensure that proper isolation is continued from identification of a possible case to arrival at a definitive treatment facility.

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