A plague outbreak in Madagascar has reached 40 districts in the country, with the majority of cases having the pneumonic form of the disease, which spreads person-to-person.

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 ...

The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...

The exact details haven’t been released yet, but local health officials have confirmed it’s the first plague death in the ...

The word "plague" is often used to refer to any major disease epidemic or pandemic, or even to other undesirable events, such ...

An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a rare but highly dangerous lung infection, Coconino County health ...

The death toll from a recent plague outbreak in Madagascar is rising, according to news reports. ... "If anyone has pneumonic plague, everyone else is at risk," Small said.

Pneumonic plague: This can come about after bubonic or septicaemic plague is not treated, ... so the risk of a major outbreak is low. Environmental health officers are, ...

An average of eight people in the U.S. contract some form of plague every year, and only 74 cases of primary pneumonic plague have been reported in the U.S. between 1900 and 2012.

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 ...

Plague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, caused an estimated 50 million deaths in Europe during the Middle Ages when it was known as the Black Death.

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