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7 lip 2022 · Plague can be a very severe disease in people, with a case-fatality ratio of 30% to 60% for the bubonic type, and is always fatal for the pneumonic kind when left untreated. Antibiotic treatment is effective against plague bacteria, so early diagnosis and early treatment can save lives.
4 mar 2024 · Plague is caused by a bacterium called Yersinia pestis. Most people know it as the microbe behind the “ Black Death,” which wiped out at least a third of Europe’s population in the 14th...
5 lip 2024 · Plague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, caused an estimated 50 million deaths in Europe during the Middle Ages when it was known as the Black Death.
11 lip 2024 · The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates there are seven human cases of plague per year in the US, and in February, Oregon officials reported it in a person who likely...
15 maj 2024 · In recent decades, an average of seven human plague cases have been reported each year (range: 0–17 cases per year). Plague has occurred in people of all ages (infants up to age 96), though 50% of cases occur in people ages 12–45.
Plague is an infectious disease caused by Yersinia pestis bacteria, usually found in small mammals and their fleas. The disease is transmitted between animals via their fleas and, as it is a zoonotic bacterium, it can also transmit from animals to humans.
19 lip 2024 · Bubonic plague kills 30-60% of people, whereas pneumonic and septicaemic are always fatal if left untreated. So why was this so prominent hundreds of years ago but barely heard of today?
