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Volume 25, Number 4—April 2019
Dispatch

Pneumonic Plague in a Dog and Widespread Potential Human Exposure in a Veterinary Hospital, United States

Paula A. Schaffer1, Stephanie A. Brault1, Connor Hershkowitz1, Lauren Harris, Kristy Dowers, Jennifer House, Tawfik A. Aboellail, Paul S. Morley, and Joshua B. DanielsComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (P.A. Schaffer, S.A. Brault, C. Hershkowitz, L. Harris, K. Dowers, T.A. Aboellail, P.S. Morley, J.B. Daniels); Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado, USA (J. House)

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Table 1

Number of potentially exposed persons by occupation to dog with pneumonic plague, Colorado, USA*

Occupation No. (%) persons
CSU-VTH employees 64 (55)
Veterinary students 35 (30)
Laboratory personnel 17 (15)
Total 116 (100)

*CSU-VTH, Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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