The Plague
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Since the reign of Emperor Justinian in 542 A.D., man has one unwelcome organism
along for the ride, Yersinia pestis. This is the bacterium more commonly know as
the Black Death, . Plague is divided into three biotypes, each
associated with one of three major pandemics occurring in history. Each of ....
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.... were 32 cases of
pneumonic plague with 31 fatalities. Since then there have been around 16 cases
a year in the United States, most connected with rock squirrels and its common
flea Oropsylla montana.
The most dangerous type of plague is pneumonic. It can be spread through aerosol
droplets released through coughs, sneezes, or through fluid contact. It may also
become a secondary result of a case of untreated bubonic or septicemic plague.
Although not as common as the bubonic strain, it is more ....
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