A HUMAN case of bubonic plague in the UK has been confirmed as a false alarm following a mix-up with official data. The ...
A wave of concern has swept across the United Kingdom following a recent health scare that has reignited fears of a potential ...
The bacteria are unable to colonize lung tissues but can escape to establish septicemic disease. One of the features of pneumonic plague is the lung edema caused by the local inflammatory response.
Plague is an infection caused by the Yersinia pestis bacteria. The zoonotic microorganism is typically found in small mammals ...
Earlier this month, a New Mexico man died of septicemic plague just two weeks after the state reported its first human plague case of the year. The Rio Arriba County man was in his 20s and had ...
As it advances, however, the dreaded bubonic plague causes painful swellings (buboes) in the lymph nodes. Septicemic plague infects the bloodstream. Pneumonic plague, which can be passed from ...