For a potentially serious disease like bubonic plague,vaccines are not routinely recommended for the generalpopulation; why not? Identify the public healthmeasures used to control plague.
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For a potentially serious disease like bubonic plague,
vaccines are not routinely recommended for the general
population; why not? Identify the public health
measures used to control plague.
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