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2007/11/12

Plague bacteria what about it?

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@ 12:22 PM (24 months, 20 days ago)
Eric york of Arizona was reported to have likely died of plague in his home in November 2, 2007. He probably got it while performing necropsy on a mountain lion that likely died of the infection. Flu like symptoms showed October 30 three days after the lion autopsy. I guess it will give people only a week before it gets them to rest for a lifetime. Plagues are easily confused with flu. Transmission is from direct contact with infected tissues or fluids from carriers. It is flea borne. Fleas feeds on rodents where the bacteria is maintained in the blood system of rodents and which fleas injects to humans when they get the chance to bite them.

Cough droplets containing plague bacteria into air that is breath by a non infected person will start the infection cycle. The typical sign of plague is a very swollen lymph gland accompanied by pain. When plague bacteria invades the bloodstream, it multiplies rapidly. An infected person will experience high fever, chills, cough, breathing difficulty and spitting of bloody sputum. In left unattended this plague can progress rapidly to death.
source: http://foodconsumer.org/7777/8888/Agri_amp_Environ_41/111010382007_Arizona_man_likely_dies_of_plague_what_you_need_to_know.shtml