TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 279. Plague A1 - Overturf, Gary D. A2 - Rudolph, Colin D. A2 - Rudolph, Abraham M. A2 - Lister, George E. A2 - First, Lewis R. A2 - Gershon, Anne A. PY - 2011 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e AB - Plague exists worldwide as continuing enzootic sylvatic disease in rodent-flea cycles that occasionally spreads into the human population. Yersinia pestis, the causative organism, is a nonmotile, gram-negative, non–spore-forming, coccobacillus. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7027517 ER -