Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in America have carried out a genetic study of plague caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis in Uganda. Although Uganda has one of the highest incidences of ...
Feb 11, 2016
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Madagascar is one of the countries with the highest incidence of bubonic plague in the world. As insecticides are highly important in controlling the spread of plague, researchers from the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar carried ...
Feb 4, 2016
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The bacteria that causes plague, Y. pestis, may have persisted long-term in Europe from the 14th to 17th century in an unknown reservoir, according to a study published January 13, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE ...
Jan 13, 2016
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Researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center have identified and mapped areas of high probability of plague bacteria in the western United States.
Dec 28, 2015
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A teen girl from eastern Oregon has contracted the bubonic plague, health officials said.
Oct 30, 2015
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Michigan health officials say they have confirmed the first ever case of the plague in a Michigan resident.
Sep 15, 2015
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A Utah man in his 70s has died after contracting the plague, bringing to four the number of deaths from the disease reported in the United States this year, health officials said Thursday.
Aug 27, 2015
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Eight people have died in two days of pneumonic plague on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar which is hit by deadly outbreaks almost every year, a health ministry official said Wednesday.
Aug 26, 2015
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An unusually high number of cases of human plague have been recorded by US health authorities since April—11 in all, with three of them fatal, officials said Tuesday.
Aug 25, 2015
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A second tourist who visited Yosemite National Park has likely contracted the plague, Californian authorities said.
Aug 19, 2015
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