A resident of north Arizona,United States, recently died from pneumonic plague, marking the first death in the region in 18 years.
About Plague:
Plague is an infectious disease caused by a specific type of zoonotic bacteria called Yersinia pestis.
This disease usually spreads through bites from fleas that previously bit an infected animal.
Plague is infamous for killing millions of people in Europe during the Middle Ages.
Nowadays, it is a rare but persistent cause of illness in rural areas in the western United States and certain regions of Africa and Asia.
There are three types of plague. Bubonic plague infects your lymph nodes, septicemic plague is in your blood and pneumonic plague affects your lungs.
Pneumonic plague, which spreads to the lungs from other untreated forms of plague, is the most serious and is usually rare.
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.
Plague can be cured with antibiotics, but these must be given promptly to prevent serious illness or death.
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