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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]
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]
The most common form is bubonic plague, followed by septicemic and pneumonic plague. [6] Other clinical manifestations include plague meningitis, plague pharyngitis, and ocular plague. [6] [7] General symptoms of plague include fever, chills, headaches, and nausea. [1] Many people experience swelling in their lymph nodes if they have bubonic ...
The bubonic plague is the most common form of the bacterial infection, which spreads naturally among rodents like prairie dogs and rats. ... There are two other forms of the plague: septicemic ...
The plague has infected at least a handful of people in the U.S. every year for as long as the country has been around. Yes, you can still get the bubonic plague. Here's what to look out for.
An untreated bubonic or septicemic infection can lead to a lung infection, or pneumonic plague, which is often deadly. People can get also pneumonic plague directly by inhaling infectious droplets.
Plague takes three main forms: pneumonic, septicemic, and bubonic. It is a facultative anaerobic organism that can infect humans primarily via the Oriental rat flea ( Xenopsylla cheopis ), but also through airborne droplets for its pneumonic form. [ 3 ]
Pneumonic plague is a severe lung infection caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. [3] Symptoms include fever, headache, shortness of breath, chest pain, and coughing. [1] They typically start about three to seven days after exposure. [2] It is one of three forms of plague, the other two being septicemic plague and bubonic plague. [3]