POLLITZER R
Bull World Health Organ. 1960;23(2-3):313-400.
In his comprehensive monograph on plague, published by WHO in 1954, Dr Pollitzer pointed out that despite the marked drop in the incidence of this disease in recent years, he considered it impossible for various reasons to be complacent about the situation. Since this monograph appeared, plague has shown a truly spectacular decrease, but in case this is partly the outcome of a natural periodicity of the infection, the author still feels that the disease "should be given continued attention by those interested in global public health". To this end he summarizes here the latest information on the subject, his review covering not only works published since 1954, but also some earlier literature (particularly from the USSR) which was not available to him at the time of preparation of his monograph.
在世界卫生组织1954年出版的关于鼠疫的综合性专著中，波利策博士指出，尽管近年来这种疾病的发病率显著下降，但由于种种原因，他认为对这种情况不能掉以轻心。自从这本专著问世以来，鼠疫的发病率已出现了真正惊人的下降，但鉴于这可能部分是感染自然周期性的结果，作者仍然认为，“全球公共卫生领域的相关人士应继续关注这种疾病”。为此，他在此总结了关于该主题的最新信息，其综述不仅涵盖了1954年以来发表的著作，还包括了一些他在撰写专著时无法获取的早期文献（特别是来自苏联的文献）。
