There are three different types of plague: bubonic, pneumonic and septicaemic. "If left untreated, the bubonic form has a 30 percent to 60 percent fatality rate and the pneumonic form is almost ...
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Over 80% of plague cases in the U.S. have been the bubonic form, according to the CDC, though the pneumonic form is more ...
We currently lack a safe, effective and licensed vaccine for pneumonic plague, which is nearly always fatal and has been weaponized. Yersinia pestis overcomes host defense, in a large part ...
Septicemic plague infects the bloodstream. Pneumonic plague, which can be passed from human to human, occurs when the bacillus moves into the pulmonary system, choking off breathing. Infection in ...
A surface protease helps Yersinia pestis plow its way through the body during pneumonic plague. During the 14th through 16th centuries, Y. pestis caused a pandemic of plague that killed a third of ...
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If a flea that had bitten an infected rat jumped onto a person and bit them, it would transmit bubonic plague. Pneumonic plague was spread from one person to another through coughing or sneezing ...
In 1910, China was devastated by the Manchurian plague. Wu Lien-teh, a Malaysian epidemiologist, identified the disease as pneumonic plague after isolating the pathogen from the first ever postmortem ...
We currently lack a safe, effective and licensed vaccine for pneumonic plague, which is nearly always fatal and has been weaponized. Yersinia pestis overcomes host defense, in a large part ...
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