Pneumonic Plague facts
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Three types of the Black Plague were reported. These three types were the bubonic plague (which was fatal in 30-75% of cases), the septicemic plague (which was fatal in almost 100% of cases), and the pneumonic plague (which was fatal in 90-95% of cases).
how pneumonic plague is spread?
Plague is not a synonym for epidemic, but actually a specific disease. Bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic plague are all caused by the same bacteria: Yersinia Pestis
What causes pneumonic plague?
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across answering what is the causative pathogen for bubonic and pneumonic plague. Here are 5 of the best facts about Pneumonic Plague Mortality Rate and Pneumonic Plague Death Rate I managed to collect.
what's pneumonic plague?
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In 2017, the World Health Organization successfully stopped a massive outbreak of the pneumonic plague (which during the Middle Ages, wiped out much of the population of Europe).
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A couple in Mongolia died of Pneumonic Plague after eating the raw kidney of a marmot (type of rodent) - a folk remedy for good health.
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Bubonic Plague is not communicable per se, but is usually only contracted via flea bite. The disease can travel to the lungs and become the highly communicable Pneumonic Plague, but this is a different kind of infection from the same bacteria.
