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1. www.nbcnews.com › health › health-newsCalifornia confirms first human case of the plague in 5 years ...

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   Aug 19, 2020 · The man, a South Lake Tahoe resident, was California’s first case of plague in five years, ... Plague is caused by bacteria called Yersinia pestis, which are carried by fleas that live on ...

2. www.scientificamerican.com › article › plague-stillPlague Still Exists. Here's Where and How It Spreads in the U.S.

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   Mar 4, 2024 · Plague is caused by a bacterium called Yersinia pestis. Most people know it as the microbe behind the “Black Death,” which wiped out at least a third of Europe’s population in the 14th ...

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   What is Yersinia pestis?

   • Felicia Nutter: The plague is a serious infectious disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis. The plague persists in nature by infecting wild rodents—including mice, rats, squirrels, chipmunks, groundhogs, and prairie dogs—and their fleas.

   The Plague, Rare but Still Around, Is Both Preventable and Treatable

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   What are the different types of Yersinia pestis?

   • Most human cases of infection with Yersinia pestis present as one of three different forms of disease: bubonic, septicemic, or pneumonic. All three forms can usually be treated with antibiotics—if diagnosed in time. Bubonic plague is the most common form of plague.

   The Plague, Rare but Still Around, Is Both Preventable and Treatable

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   Can Yersinia pestis genomes be used to revisit the historical landscape?

   • A. Namouchi, Integrative approach using Yersinia pestis genomes to revisit the historical landscape of plague during the medieval period. Proc. Natl.

   No evidence for persistent natural plague reservoirs in ... - PNAS

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   Can people die from Yersinia pestis?

   • However, if undiagnosed and untreated, people can die from the plague, just like they did in the fourteenth century. Most human cases of infection with Yersinia pestis present as one of three different forms of disease: bubonic, septicemic, or pneumonic. All three forms can usually be treated with antibiotics—if diagnosed in time.

   The Plague, Rare but Still Around, Is Both Preventable and Treatable

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4. www.cdc.gov › plague › mapsMaps and Statistics | Plague | CDC

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   Nov 16, 2022 · Over 80% of United States plague cases have been the bubonic form. In recent decades, an average of seven human plague cases have been reported each year (range: 1–17 cases per year). Plague has occurred in people of all ages (infants up to age 96), though 50% of cases occur in people ages 12–45. It occurs in both men and women, though ...

5. www.cdph.ca.gov › Programs › CIDCalifornia Compendium of Plague Control - September 2021

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   PART I - PLAGUE ECOLOGY IN CALIFORNIA A. Causative Agent The plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis. B. History of Plague in California The first autochthonous human cases of plague in the United States wererecorded in San Francisco in 1900and plague appeared in Los Angeles in 1908. The disease was introduced

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7. now.tufts.edu › 2020/07/20 › plague-rare-stillThe Plague, Rare but Still Around, Is Both Preventable and ...

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   Jul 20, 2020 · Untreated cases of bubonic or septicemic plague can become pneumonic plague as infection spreads to the lungs. People can also become infected by inhaling respiratory droplets containing Yersinia pestis from other infected humans or animals. Symptoms, which can develop one to three days after infection, include fever, chills, and body aches and ...

8. www.nature.com › articles › d41586/019/01239-xPlague in San Francisco: rats, racism and reform - Nature

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   Apr 24, 2019 · Tilli Tansey extols a history of California’s chaotic early-twentieth-century epidemic. ... The bacterium that causes plague, Yersinia pestis, had been identified in 1894, but little was known ...

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     After 11 atmospheric river storms hit California over three months, water levels at Lake Oroville in Butte County, California’s second-biggest reservoir, dramatically improved. In the first image, the lake was at just 29% of its capacity. In the second image, the level had jumped to 51%. And by the third photo, the figure was up to 75%. Read more at https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-16/drone-photos-show-dramatic-rise-in-california-reservoir-levels-over-three-months 📸: Ken James;

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10. www.pnas.org › doi › 10No evidence for persistent natural plague reservoirs in ...

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    Yersinia pestis has caused at least three extensive human plague pandemics (3–7): the First Plague Pandemic starting with the Justinianic Plague from 541-2 to ca. 750 CE; the Second Plague Pandemic begun with the Black Death of c.1338–1353 and was followed by numerous outbreaks until the mid-19th century CE; and the Third Plague Pandemic that started in 1772 as a local epidemic in Yunnan ...