Shanthi Kappagoda , an infectious disease physician at Stanford Health Care, told Healthline in an interview last year. The bubonic plague is a serious infection of the lymphatic system, which is caused by bacteria called Yersinia pestis Y. Without treatment, the bubonic plague can cause death in up to 60 percent of people who get it, according to the World Health Organization WHO. The plague is extremely rare. Only a couple thousand cases are reported worldwide each year, most of which are in Africa, India, and Peru.
Robert Glatter , an emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital, said. It can successfully be treated with antibiotics, and according to the CDC , treatment has lowered mortality rates to approximately 11 percent. The antibiotics work best if given within 24 hours of the first symptoms.
In severe cases, patients can be given oxygen, intravenous fluids, and breathing support. And even if it does, we now have the knowledge and resources to control it. New cases of the bubonic plague found in China are making headlines. An epidemic is when an infectious disease spreads to many people within a community or area.
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Usually, people get the plague after being bitten by a rodent flea carrying Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes the disease, or by handling an infected animal, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cats, which become sick themselves, can directly infect humans, while hardier dogs may simply carry the fleas back to their owners.
People also can become sick by inhaling droplets from the cough of an infected person or animal. A New Mexico man has died from the state's second reported case of plague this year. The bacteria persists because low levels circulate among populations of certain rodents, according to the CDC.
These infected animals and their fleas serve as long-term reservoirs for the bacteria. Where can you get the plague? That's where an average of seven human plague cases are reported each year to the CDC. But significantly more cases occur in parts of Africa and Asia. From to there were 3, cases reported worldwide, including deaths, according to the World Health Organization.
It said the three most endemic countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar and Peru. There are three types of plague -- bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic plague.
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