Plague in the U.S.: Present and future

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" Plague in the U.S.: Present and future "
Barnes, Allan M.

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	942889
Doc. No	:	LA58t5z842
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Barnes, Allan M.
Title & Author	:	Plague in the U.S.: Present and future [Article]\ Barnes, Allan M.
Title of Periodical	:	Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference
Volume/ Issue Number	:	14
Date	:	1990
Abstract	:	An increasing trend in the frequency of human bubonic plague cases in the United States, the principal sources of human Infection, and emerging control techniques are described. Development of an integrated control program involving public health education, citizen participation in plague surveillance, and insecticidal control of flea vectors in response to evidence of plague and potential human exposure substantially reduced human plague cases in a Bernalillo County, New Mexico, hyperendemic plague area. Permethrin 0.5% dust (Pyraperm 455) applied at a rate of 7 g per burrow was found to provide effective control of flea vectors for at least 6 weeks.