Lessons Learned from Historic Plague Epidemics: The Relevance of an Ancient Disease in Modern Times

Nicholas A Boire^1*, Victoria Avery A Riedel², Nicole M Parrish¹ and Stefan Riedel^1,3

¹The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Division of Microbiology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

²The Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

³Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

^*Corresponding Author: Nicholas A Boire, BS, ScM, Department of Pathology, Division of Microbiology, The Johns Hopkins University, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Meyer B1-124, Baltimore, MD 21287-7093, USA, Fax: 410-550-2109