Researchers compared case studies of endemic plague in the former Soviet Union and western United States, and combined gray-literature sources with research from 1930s to 1960s as well as 1990s to 2000s to uncover ways to control plague while minimally disrupting natural ecosystems; according to the authors, allocating sufficient resources to maintain education, local surveillance, and control measures is key, and shifting the focus from eradication to control is a necessary response to existing, emerging, and re-emerging wildlife diseases that can spillover into human populations.
Article #18-17339: "Living with plague: Lessons from the Soviet Union's antiplague system," by Susan D. Jones et al.
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