There are three types of plague – bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic plague. With the pneumonic form of plague – which means it affects the lungs – there is a risk of direct transmission from ...

Over 80% of plague cases in the U.S. have been the bubonic form, according to the CDC, though the pneumonic form is more ...

We currently lack a safe, effective and licensed vaccine for pneumonic plague, which is nearly always fatal and has been weaponized. Yersinia pestis overcomes host defense, in a large part ...

Septicemic plague infects the bloodstream. Pneumonic plague, which can be passed from human to human, occurs when the bacillus moves into the pulmonary system, choking off breathing. Infection in ...

A surface protease helps Yersinia pestis plow its way through the body during pneumonic plague. During the 14th through 16th centuries, Y. pestis caused a pandemic of plague that killed a third of ...

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If a flea that had bitten an infected rat jumped onto a person and bit them, it would transmit bubonic plague. Pneumonic plague was spread from one person to another through coughing or sneezing ...

Pneumonic plague is the most deadly and easiest to spread, with a nearly 100% fatality rate untreated, said Lisa Morici, a microbiologist and immunologist at the Tulane University School of ...

In 1910, China was devastated by the Manchurian plague. Wu Lien-teh, a Malaysian epidemiologist, identified the disease as pneumonic plague after isolating the pathogen from the first ever postmortem ...

There are 3 different kinds of plague, depending on the type of infection: bubonic, septicaemic, and pneumonic. Bubonic plague is the most common form in humans, causing swollen lymph nodes called ...

We currently lack a safe, effective and licensed vaccine for pneumonic plague, which is nearly always fatal and has been weaponized. Yersinia pestis overcomes host defense, in a large part ...