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2006-10-14 Africa Subsaharan

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Posted by .com 2006-10-14 03:06|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Mortality of pneumonic plague is close to 100% even if treatment is given quickly, and I mean quickly. The lung infection kills rather quickly (where did this "slowly" come from?) Pneumonic plague can be spread from person to person, at distances up to 6 feet. Mortality rate, rapid course of disease, and person to person spread make it one of the most dangerous infectious diseases.
Other less severe types of infection are bubonic plague (mortality about 16% with treatment and 40-70% without treatment)and septicemic plague (30-50% mortality with treatment, 100% without. Causative agent is bacillus Yersinia pestis

Posted by Snuns Thromp1484 2006-10-14 05:59|| 2006-10-14 05:59|| Front Page Top

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