title: [The plague from antiquity to today and its final incursions into southern Italy].
authors.affiliation: Dip. di Medicina Interna e Medicina Publica, Sez. Igiene, Università degli Studi di Bari. g.rizzo@igiene-seconda.uniba.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rizzo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caroli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D014943:Global Health; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D010930:Plague / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D051381:Rats / Q000469:parasitology; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000382:microbiology; D012940:Social Problems; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000302:isolation & purification