infection⚑ High burden in India
Plague
Plague is an disease caused by the Yersinia pestis. Symptoms include fever, weakness, headache and black lips. Usually, this begins one to seven days after exposure. There are three forms of plague, each affecting a different part of the body and causing associated symptoms. Pneumonic plague infects the lungs, causing shortness of breath, coughing and chest pain; bubonic plague affects the lymph nodes, making them swell; and septicemic plague infects the blood and can cause to turn black and die.
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Symptoms — what it feels like
- ·Fever, weakness, headache
Causes — why it happens
- ·Yersinia pestis
How it's found
- ·Finding the in a lymph node, blood, sputum
Prevention
- ·Plague vaccine
Treatment
- · and supportive care
Outlook
- ·≈10% risk of death (with treatment)
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