Update on plague in Peru

Authors

  • Ciro Maguiña Vargas Médico especialista en enfermedades infecciosas tropicales y dermatología; Profesor Principal, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander Von Humboldt; Médico Asistente, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia; Decano Nacional, Colegio Médico, Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31403/rpgo.v56i232

Abstract

Four cases of pneumonic plague appeared for the first time in Peru in July 2010 in the coast of La Libertad department. This is a serious event for Peruvian public health and reveals that there are ancestral infectious diseases in our country that require inversion and support. Consequently we will do a short review on this historical ailment in Peruvian medicine.

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Published

2015-04-23

Issue

Vol. 56 No. 3 (2010)

Section

Salud Pública

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