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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 February 2025. Disease caused by Yersinia pestis bacterium This article is about the disease caused by Yersinia pestis. For other uses, see Plague. Medical condition Plague Yersinia pestis seen at 200× magnification with a fluorescent label. Specialty Infectious disease Symptoms Fever, weakness ...
Medical team working together during a plague outbreak in Madagascar (October 2017). In November 2013, an outbreak of plague occurred in the African island nation of Madagascar. [29] As of 16 December, at least 89 people were infected, with 39 deaths [30] with at least two cases involving pneumonic plague. However, as many as 90% of cases were ...
The septicemic plague was the least common of the three plague varieties that occurred during the Black Death from 1348 to 1350 [10] (the other two being bubonic plague and pneumonic plague). Like the others, septicemic plague spread from East Asia through trade routes on the Black Sea and down to the Mediterranean Sea. [citation needed]
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.
There are two main forms of plague infection: bubonic, which is caused by a flea bite or blood contact with another infected animal or material and is characterized by swollen lymph nodes or ...
Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. [1] One to seven days after exposure to the bacteria, flu-like symptoms develop. [1] These symptoms include fever, headaches, and vomiting, [1] as well as swollen and painful lymph nodes occurring in the area closest to where the bacteria entered the skin. [2]
Prior to this week, Oregon’s last human plague case was in 2015: A teenage girl presumably got infected from a flea bite during a hunting trip, the state health department said at the time ...
The bubonic plague was the most commonly seen form during the Black Death. The bubonic form of the plague has a mortality rate of thirty to seventy-five percent and symptoms include fever of 38–41 ° C (101–105 °F ), headaches , painful aching joints, nausea and vomiting , and a general feeling of malaise .