Plague

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Yersinia pestis disease

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• Plague is an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis.
• Bubonic plague is not contagious, but if left untreated it can morph into pneumonic plague, which can be spread from person to person.
• Plague is characterized by periodic disease outbreaks in rodent populations, some of which have a high death rate.
• Plague is endemic in the U.
• COM HOME > WORLD > NATIONAL Plague Tuesday, January 28, 2003 LINKS What Is It? Caused by infection with the rod-shaped bacterium yersinia pestis, plague is one of the most deadly and potentially effective bioweapons.

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