Plague in the United States

An assessment of its significance as a problem following a thermonuclear war

Harold H. Mitchell

ResearchPublished 1966

An investigation of the possibility that bubonic or pneumonic plague could appear in the United States in a postattack situation. Although modern methods of control and treatment make it unlikely that a plague of vast proportions could occur, a study of plague ecology and projected disturbances in a postattack environment suggests that it is a possible danger. The Memorandum suggests current planning that includes surveys for locating endemic foci of plague in wild rodents and for coordinating the results with evacuation plans of the civil defense system.

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Mitchell, Harold H., Plague in the United States: An assessment of its significance as a problem following a thermonuclear war. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1966. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM4968.html.
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