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

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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… Click to show full abstract

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.

Keywords: plague dog; exposure; hospital; pneumonic plague; dog

Journal Title: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Year Published: 2019

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