Society guideline links: Plague

Introduction — 

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Manual for plague surveillance, diagnosis, prevention, and control (2024)

●WHO: Guidelines for plague management – Revised recommendations for the use of rapid diagnostic tests, fluoroquinolones for case management, and personal protective equipment for prevention of post-mortem transmission (2021)

●WHO: Operational guidelines on plague surveillance, diagnosis, prevention, and control (2010)

Canada

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Plague – For health professionals

United States

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Plague – For health care providers

•Clinical care of plague

•Clinical testing and diagnosis for plague

•Guidance for responding to a plague bioterrorism event

•Plague bioterrorism response toolkit

•Veterinary guidance for plague

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – Plague (2024)

●CDC: Yellow Book 2024 – Health Information for International Travel: Plague (published 2023)

●CDC: Antimicrobial treatment and prophylaxis of plague – Recommendations for naturally acquired infections and bioterrorism response (2021)

Europe

●European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): Guidance for healthcare workers on the use of personal protective equipment in the management of bubonic and pneumonic plague patients (2017)

●ECDC: Guidance for the management of suspected pneumonic plague cases identified on aircraft and ships (2017)