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Also called: Bubonic plague, Pneumonic plague ... Pneumonic Plague(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ... Article: Current challenges in the development of vaccines for pneumonic plague.
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www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/plague.html
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Facts about Pneumonic Plague ... Pneumonic plague is one of several forms of plague. Depending on circumstances, these forms may occur separately or in combination: ... Pneumonic plague occurs when Y. pestis infects the lungs. This type of plague can spread from person to person through the air. Transmission can take place...
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www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/plague/factsheet.asp
www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/plague/factsheet.asp
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Video: "The History of Bioterrorism: Plague" ... FAQ About Plague (as a bioweapon) ... Facts About Pneumonic Plague...
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www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/plague/
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Pneumonic plague - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pneumonic plague is one of three main forms of plague, all of which are caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis . It is more virulent and rarer than bubonic plague. The difference between the versi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonic_plague
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Pneumonic plague poses a potentially increasing risk to humans in plague nonendemic regions either as a consequence of an aerosolized release or through importation of the disease. Pneumonic plague is person-to-person transmissible.
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www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no4/03-0509.htm
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In 1994, in response to an epidemic of pneumonic plague in India, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed and implemented an enhanced surveillance system to supplement the existing regulations concerning imported plague.
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www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol2no1/fritz.htm
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Primary pneumonic plague results from inhalation of aerosolized infective droplets and can be transmitted from human to human without involvement of fleas or animals. Untreated pneumonic plague has a very high case-fatality ratio.
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www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs267/en/
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Pneumonic plague is also spread by breathing in Y. pestis suspended in respiratory droplets from a person (or animal) with pneumonic plague. Becoming infected in this way usually requires direct and close contact with the ill person or animal.
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www.nationalterroralert.com/pneumonicplague/
www.nationalterroralert.com/pneumonicplague/
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