Human plague : transmission from person to person

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Human plague : transmission from person to person

Published Date:

6/19/15

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English

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National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease (U.S.). Division of Vector-borne Diseases

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Plague symptoms depend on how the patient was exposed to the plague bacteria. Plague can take different forms, including:

• Bubonic plague

• Septicemic plague

• Pneumonic plague

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