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A deadly case of pneumonic plague has claimed a life in Northern Arizona, with the victim dying at Flagstaff Medical Center ...
Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream.
A recent pneumonic plague death in Northern Arizona, the first since 2007, has raised concerns about this rare but deadly ...
Pneumonic plague is a form of plague that results from Yersinia pestis infection. This article explores its causes, symptoms, and treatment in more detail.
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. With China moving to control an outbreak of pneumonic plague, it’s ...
A resident of Northern Arizona recently died after being infected with the pneumonic plague, the first death in the US since 2007.
Another form of the illness, pneumonic plague, occurs when the bacteria infects the lungs. In very rare cases, pneumonic plague can spread from person to person through droplets in a cough.
A patient with plague symptoms, foreground, awaits test results with his mother at New Delhi's Disease Hospital in 1994. Pneumonic plague, which infects the lungs, is the most serious form of ...