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	Plague - MSN Encarta
		Plague is transmitted by the bite of numerous insects that are parasitic on rodents.
		Untreated bubonic plague is fatal in 30 to 75 percent of all cases, whereas the mortality rate for pneumonic and septicemic plague is almost 100 percent when not treated.
		In primary septicemic plague, the victim has a sudden onset of high fever, bleeds into skin and other organs, and turns deep purple in several hours, often dying within the same day that symptoms first develop.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761565483/Plague.html (910 words)

	Plague Backgrounder
		Plague is transmitted primarily by fleas (primarily the rat flea) as part of a cycle involving maintenance and amplifying hosts.
		Prior to human epidemics of naturally occurring plague, rats are usually observed dying in large numbers; the death of the rats, and the subsequent loss of the flea's host, results in increased human flea bites.
		Plague pharyngitis results from inhalation or ingestion of the bacteria, and is usually seen with swelling of the local lymph nodes.
	www.avma.org /reference/backgrounders/plague_bgnd.asp (2481 words)

	Logical Images - Resources - Category A Bioterrorism Agents - Septicemic Plague
		Septicemic plague is a an infection caused by the gram-negative bacillus Yersinia pestis, which is found in rodents (e.g., prairie dogs, squirrels, rats) and their fleas and sometimes in cats.
		Plague is classified as a Category A bioterrorism agent because of its ease of dissemination, contagiousness and high mortality rate, however, the most likely method of dispersal would be as an aerosol resulting in the primary pneumonic form (discussed separately).
		Septicemic plague causes fever, chills, weakness, abdominal pain, shock, and bleeding underneath the skin or other organs and may result in disseminated intravascular coagulation, necrosis of small vessels, and purpura.
	www.logicalimages.com /resourcesBTAgentsPlagueSep.htm (704 words)

	The Plague (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Septicemic plague is spread through direct contact of contaminated hands, food, or object that has cells from the mucous membranes of the nose and throat.
		Septicemic plague victims experience a very high fever at the beginning of the disease and within a few hours the victim turns a deep purple in the last two hours before death.
		Septicemic plague, when untreated, causes death in almost all victims often the same day as the onset of the symptoms.
	www.lcusd.net /lchs/mewoldsen/Frands~1.htm (962 words)

	Transatlantic Traffic: Philadelphia, London, and the World 1665-1876
		Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacillus Yersinia pestis, transmitted by the rat flea.
		Plague as spread from rats to man in crowded urban areas is sometimes called murine (rat) or urban plague; plague in desert or rural areas where the human population is sparse but the wild rodent population large and infected may be called sylvatic (woodland) or campestral (field).
		The suppression of epidemic plague is attempted by appropriate sanitary measures directed simultaneously against fleas and rodents and isolation of the sick and the handling with greatest caution of all infectious material.
	www.english.upenn.edu /Undergrad/Courses/Spring02/traffic/plague.html (648 words)

	Plague Fact Sheet - Illinois Department of Public Health
		Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
		Plague most commonly occurs in rodents and their fleas, but it also can occur in humans when they are bitten by fleas infected with the plague bacteria.
		Primary pneumonic plague occurs when the disease is acquired via the respiratory tract without having the bubonic plague; it is considered secondary when it is caused by the bacteria spreading to the lungs after the bubonic form is contracted.
	www.idph.state.il.us /Bioterrorism/plaguefctsht.htm (798 words)

	Plague
		Plague is a serious, potentially life-threatening infectious disease that is usually transmitted to humans by the bites of rodent fleas.
		Although the cause of the plague was not identified until the third pandemic in 1894, scientists are virtually certain that the first two pandemics were plague because a number of the survivors wrote about their experiences and described the symptoms.
		Plague was introduced into the United States during this pandemic and it spread from the West towards the Midwest and became endemic in the Southwest of the United States.
	www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/ency/plague.jsp (1790 words)

	Notifiable Condition: Plague
		Untreated primary septicemic plague and pneumonic plague are invariably fatal.
		Plague continues to be a threat because of vast areas of persistent wild rodent infection; contact of wild rodents with domestic rats occurs frequently in some enzootic areas.
		Plague is endemic in China, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), India and especially in Vietnam where thousands of cases of bubonic plague, both urban and rural, with scattered outbreaks of pneumonic plague, were reported between 1962 and 1972.
	www.doh.wa.gov /notify/guidelines/plague.htm (2706 words)

	Dr. Koop - Plague
		Plague isÂ spread among rodents by a flea bite.
		Plague is rare in the United States, but has been known to occur in parts of California, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico.
		Risk factors for plague include a recent flea bite andÂ exposure to rodents, especially rabbits, squirrels, or prairie dogs, or scratches or bites from infected domestic cats.
	www.drkoop.com /ency/93/000596.html (362 words)

	Plague
		Plague in populated areas is most likely to develop when sanitation is poor and rats are numerous, especially the common fl or roof rat (Rattus rattus) and the larger brown sewer or Norway rat (R. norvegicus).
		Bubonic plague, the most common form, is almost always caused by the bite of an infected flea but occasionally results from direct inoculation of infectious tissues or fluids.
		Pneumonic plague arises from exposure to infective respiratory droplets from a person or cat with respiratory plague or secondary to hematogenous spread in a patient with bubonic or septicemic plague.
	www.manbir-online.com /diseases/plague.htm (866 words)

	Homeland Security National Terror Alert » Facts about Pneumonic Plague
		Pneumonic plague is also spread by breathing in Y. pestis suspended in respiratory droplets from a person (or animal) with pneumonic plague.
		Pneumonic plague may also occur if a person with bubonic or septicemic plague is untreated and the bacteria spread to the lungs.
		With pneumonic plague, the first signs of illness are fever, headache, weakness, and rapidly developing pneumonia with shortness of breath, chest pain, cough, and sometimes bloody or watery sputum.
	www.nationalterroralert.com /pneumonicplague (465 words)

	Plague
		Plague is a severe disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis that is normally found in rodents and transmitted to man by fleas.
		Septicemic plague can spread the bacteria throughout the body and create further complications, leading to pneumonic plague, the bleeding into the skin and other organs, septic shock, and/or death.
		plague, whereas untreated pneumonic and septicemic plague are nearly always fatal.
	www.state.sd.us /doh/Pubs/plague.htm (556 words)

	Public Health and Medical Entomology
		Plague has surfaced several times in major, world-wide epidemics, one of the most important of which was the so-called "fl death" that devastated Europe in the 14th century, when an estimated 25,000,000 people died.
		This form of plague is known as "bubonic plague," which, if untreated, can develop into a form of plague known as "septicemic plague." In septicemic plague, bacteria invade the blood and infect major body organs.
		In addition to damaging organs and causing internal hemorrhage, septicemic plague can develop rapidly into a highly infectious disease condition known as "pneumonic plague." In pneumonic plague, bacteria infect a patient's lungs and may be spread via coughing.
	www.entm.purdue.edu /publichealth/diseases/flea/plague.html (714 words)

	Plague
		Plague is a serious, potentially life-threatening infectious disease that is usually transmitted to humans by the bites of rodent fleas.
		Although the cause of the plague was not identified until the third pandemic in 1894, scientists are virtually certain that the first two pandemics were plague because a number of the survivors wrote about their experiences and described the symptoms.
		Plague was introduced into the United States during this pandemic and it spread from the West towards the Midwest and became endemic in the Southwest of the United States.
	www.lifesteps.com /gm/Atoz/ency/plague.jsp (1921 words)

	Plague - Southern Nevada Health District
		Plague is caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, which is carried by fleas that feed on infected rodents.
		Septicemic and pneumonic plague are more often fatal than bubonic because they are harder to recognize.
		Symptoms of septicemic plague are similar to bubonic, only without an increase in the size of the lymph nodes.
	www.southernnevadahealthdistrict.org /disease_factsheets/plague.htm (485 words)

	Plague - Southern Nevada Health District
		Plague is caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, which is carried by fleas that feed on infected rodents.
		Septicemic and pneumonic plague are more often fatal than bubonic because they are harder to recognize.
		Symptoms of septicemic plague are similar to bubonic, only without an increase in the size of the lymph nodes.
	www.cchd.org /disease_factsheets/plague.htm (485 words)

	Plague - DrGreene.com
		Plague is responsible for some of the worst epidemics in human history 100 million people died in the epidemic of 542 A.D..
		Plague can occur on its own, but it is also on the short-list of agents considered for use in bio-terrorism or biological warfare.
		Plague may be suspected based on the history or physical exam, but is diagnosed based on blood or tissue tests.
	www.drgreene.org /body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&id=21&action=detail&ref=1158 (695 words)

	Plague, NIAID Fact Sheet
		Most cases of human plague are caused by bites of infected animals or the infected fleas that feed on them.
		Usually, bubonic plague is contracted by being bitten by an infected flea or rodent.
		Septicemic plague is contracted the same way as bubonic plague-usually through a flea or rodent bite.
	www.niaid.nih.gov /factsheets/plague.htm (1002 words)

	Plague: Bacterial Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition
		Plague is a severe infection caused by the gram-negative bacterium Yersinia pestis.
		Pneumonic plague is infection of the lungs with plague bacteria that have spread through the blood from another site of infection or that have been inhaled during exposure to a source of the bacteria—such as a person with pneumonic plague who is coughing.
		Plague is diagnosed by analyzing laboratory cultures of bacteria grown from samples of blood, sputum, or lymph nodes.
	www.merck.com /mmhe/sec17/ch190/ch190m.html (663 words)

	Plague - DrGreene.com
		Plague is responsible for some of the worst epidemics in human history 100 million people died in the epidemic of 542 A.D..
		Plague can occur on its own, but it is also on the short-list of agents considered for use in bio-terrorism or biological warfare.
		Plague may be suspected based on the history or physical exam, but is diagnosed based on blood or tissue tests.
	www.drgreene.com /21_1158.html (685 words)

	Plague - Boulder County Public Health
		Plague is a disease that primarily affects animals, such as rodents and rabbits, but can occur in humans.
		There are three different types of plague in humans: bubonic (infection in a lymph node), septicemic (infection in the blood stream), or pneumonic (infection in the lungs).
		Septicemic plague occurs usually as a complication of bubonic plague, but it may also result from direct contact with infectious materials or the bite of an infected flea.
	www.co.boulder.co.us /health/hpe/cdc/diseases/plague/index.htm (280 words)

	Plague - Bio-Disease Management - City of Albuquerque
		Plague is a bacterial disease of rodents (and sometimes rabbits) that is transmitted from rodent to rodent through the bites of infected fleas.
		Septicemic plague-If Bubonic plague is untreated the disease can progress to Septicemic Plague which is a toxic poisoning of the blood stream.
		If plague is detected in an area, especially if a person or a domestic pet is involved, we will implement follow-up surveillance, flea control strategies, i.e., applying an insecticide with low toxicity to humans and animals to kill potentially infected fleas, and educational outreach.
	www.cabq.gov /bdm/plague.html (732 words)

	CIDRAP >> Plague: Current, comprehensive information on pathogenesis, microbiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and ...
		Plague was first introduced into the United States in 1900 from China; the first plague epidemic occurred in San Francisco from 1900 to 1904 (see References: Caten 1966).
		Plague in the United States generally is seasonal, with a higher incidence in the summer months (see References: Caten 1966, Kaufmann 1980).
		Plague was used as a biological weapon in the Middle Ages when armies catapulted dead plague victims into cities under siege in order to spread the disease (see References: Osterholm 2000).
	www.cidrap.umn.edu /cidrap/content/bt/plague/biofacts/plaguefactsheet.html (8518 words)

	Plague - Public Health Preparedness - Southern Nevada Health District
		Plague is a disease caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis, which can be carried by fleas that feed on infected rodents.
		Septicemic Plague: Symptoms of septicemic plague are similar to bubonic, only without an increase in the size of the lymph nodes.
		Septicemic and pneumonic plagues are more often fatal than bubonic because they are harder to recognize.
	www.southernnevadahealthdistrict.org /preparedness/plague.htm (577 words)

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