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Lessons learned from history on mode of transmission for control of pneumonic plague

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Levison, M.E. Lessons learned from history on mode of transmission for control of pneumonic plague. Curr Infect Dis Rep 2, 269–271 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11908-000-0001-4

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