Pneumonic Plague perceptions about pneumonic plague. (cdc.gov)
In stage 2, we asked participants to imagine that 3 persons from their area had received a diagnosis of pneumonic plague. (cdc.gov)
Without intervention, this stage may lead to secondary pneumonic plague or meningitis or may disseminate and manifest as a sepsis picture. (medscape.com)
Pneumonic plague is highly contagious and transmitted by aerosol droplets. (medscape.com)
However, primary pneumonic plague may be seen in laboratory workers, individuals exposed to an infected person, or those who have been exposed to a cat with pneumonic plague. (medscape.com)
Buboes may or may not be associated with pneumonic plague. (medscape.com)
Human-to-human transmission is rare except during epidemics of pneumonic plague. (medscape.com)
Rock squirrel in extremis coughing blood-streaked sputum related to pneumonic plague. (medscape.com)
Bacillus3
Because of an overwhelming infection with the plague bacillus, patients with septicemic plague have a toxic appearance and may present with tachycardia, tachypnea, and hypotension. (medscape.com)
The disease is caused by the plague bacillus, rod-shaped bacteria referred to as Yersinia pestis . (medscape.com)
It can harbor fleas infected with Yersinia pestis, the plague bacillus. (medscape.com)
Yersinia1
We informed 502 randomly selected participants about the setting up of mass treatment centers for persons who had been at the train station and Yersinia pestis , the bacterium that causes plague, is a told the other 503 that persons who had been at the train high-priority bioterrorism agent ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
Contagious1
Plague is an acute, contagious, febrile illness transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected rat flea. (medscape.com)
Endemic2
This example fits into the broader context of endemic gun violence, as opposed to larger-scale mass shootings, though the latter category has also been on the rise in recent months. (time.com)
Travel to endemic areas within and outside the United States, history of a flea bite, close contact with a potential host, or exposure to dead rodents or rabbits should raise suspicion for plague. (medscape.com)
100 persons had received a diagnosis of plague. (cdc.gov)
Buboes are uncommon in septicemic plague, making the diagnosis elusive. (medscape.com)
Graves7
Although mass graves can be used during major conflicts such as war and crime , in modern times they may be used after a famine , epidemic , or natural disaster . (wikipedia.org)
In disasters , mass graves are used for infection and disease control. (wikipedia.org)
Mass graves at various places like Semmani and Kokkuthoduvai has been found in Sri Lankan Island that are believed to be killing and burial of innocent Tamils by the SriLankan Army along the years of the Civil War between the Sinhalese government and the Tamils. (wikipedia.org)
Several mass graves have been discovered that were the result of Napoleonic battles, mass graves were dug for expeditious disposal of deceased soldiers and horses. (wikipedia.org)
Generally the mass graves were dug by soldiers or members of logistical corps. (wikipedia.org)
There are over 2,000 known mass graves throughout Spain from the Spanish Civil War wherein an estimated 500,000 people died between 1936 and 1939, and approximately 135,000 were killed after the war ended. (wikipedia.org)
As reported in National Geographic , mass graves of plague victims were recently discovered in an area of Venice called "Quarantine Island. (medscape.com)
Victims3
The United Nations has defined a criminal mass grave as a burial site containing three or more victims of execution , [1] although an exact definition is not unanimously agreed upon. (wikipedia.org)
A mass grave containing at least 300 bodies of victims of a Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' in the year 1238, was discovered during an excavation in 2005, in Yaroslavl, Russia. (wikipedia.org)
In fact, as reported by Drancourt et al (2004), genotyping performed on bacteria derived from the remains of plague victims of the first two epidemics revealed sequences similar to that of Orientalis. (medscape.com)
Infection2
Marshall et al (1967) has described an asymptomatic pharyngeal carrier state of Y pestis infection in patients with bubonic plague. (medscape.com)
However, ground squirrels and prairie dogs have been known to be highly susceptible to plague, whereas others have been known to be either moderately susceptible or absolutely resistant to infection. (medscape.com)
Illness1
The dancing, Waller believes, was a "mass psychogenic illness" brought on by this belief. (futilitycloset.com)
Books1
A Journal of the Plague Year is one of my favorite books. (moma.org)
Primary1
Oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis), the primary vector of plague, engorged with blood. (medscape.com)
Years1
The resulting losses on the undergraduate side add up to a nearly 8% drop across the pandemic-plagued past two years. (universitybusiness.com)
Disease1
Plague initially occurred as a flea-borne septicemic disease. (medscape.com)
Stage2
commentators have suggested that future plague outbreaks In stage 4, we asked participants how likely they would be could result in widespread panic ( 2 ), mass public fear and to comply with advice relating to the public health inter- civil disruption ( 1 ), and rioting ( 6 ). (cdc.gov)
As expected, precautionary behavior was more likely plague and tested whether perceptions were associated with to be taken in the stage 3 scenario (Tables 1, 2). (cdc.gov)
Share1
I, for one, plan to share Letty Cottin Pogrebin's 10 Plagues at my family's seder tonight. (jwa.org)
Type1
Bradbury did not predict a plague-inspired isolation, at least not this type of plague. (intellectualtakeout.org)
Form1
The pneumonic station were being asked to stay home for 7 days and to form of plague is of particular concern because it can be phone a help line if symptoms developed. (cdc.gov)
Fear1
He found that a series of famines had preceded the dancing plague, spreading fear and anxiety through the city, and that a Christian church legend had told that a wrathful Saint Vitus would send down plagues of compulsive dancing on anyone who angered him. (futilitycloset.com)
History1
Plague has caused large-scale epidemics, thereby changing the course of history in many nations. (medscape.com)
Common3
Mass or communal burial was a common practice before the development of a dependable crematory chamber by Ludovico Brunetti in 1873. (wikipedia.org)
This is the most common presentation of plague. (medscape.com)
Buboes are common in meningeal plague. (medscape.com)
People1
Plagues are like imponderable dangers that surprise people. (moma.org)
City1
Many readers will be familiar with its fable of the coming of the plague to the North African city of Oran in 194-, and the diverse ways in which the inhabitants respond to its devastating impact on their lives. (nybooks.com)
Human2
A mass grave is a grave containing multiple human corpses, which may or may not be identified prior to burial. (wikipedia.org)
Plague is worldwide in distribution, with most of the human cases reported from developing countries. (medscape.com)