Can plagues be predicted, prevented?

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Can plagues be predicted, prevented? Prof T Jacob John, PhD  The Lancet  Volume 354, (December 1999) DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)90457-9 Copyright © 1999 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure Six categories of human infections causing diseases 1=anthroponoses; 2-4=zoonoses (2 directly transmitted, 3 vector-borne, 4 transmitted through inanimate or non-haemoatophagous invertebrate intermediary); 5=microbes with life cycle in humans and biological vectors; 6=saphrophytes or microbes sharing life cycle between humans and invertebrates other than biological vectors. The Lancet 1999 354, DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(99)90457-9) Copyright © 1999 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

The Lancet 1999 354, DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(99)90457-9) Copyright © 1999 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions