PDF-PLAGUE (BUBONIC / PNEUMONIC)

What Is It Plague is a bacterial infection caused by Yersinia pestis a bacteria carried in rodents such as rats and mice and their fleas Plague is rare in the United States but has been found in. Yersinia. . p. estis. What is the Plague?. Disease Causing Agent. Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria. Yersinia. . pestis. Facultative anaerobe. Discovered in 1894 by Alexander . Yersin. Swiss/French Physician and Bacteriologist. The pneumonic plague was a germ travelling in the air. If you breathed it in, it attacked your lungs, meaning the victim would cough up blood and the victim would be spreading deadly germs, when they coughed.. Ravaged through Europe between 1347-1352.. Wiped out nearly 1/3 of Europe’s total population!. Where did it start? How did it begin? What exactly was the disease? Were there any treatments?. The Orient Rat Flea. taxonomy. Member of the . Enterobacteriaceae. . family . yersinia. is gram . nagative. . coccobacilli. . 4-. Yersinia.  . General . characteristics. :. -. . Yersinia . 11 What is Plague -Plague is a disease caused by Yersinia pestis a bacterium found in rodents and their fleas in many areas around the world 2 Why are we concerned Plague as a bioweapon If Y pestis is Page 1of 2Date Revised 01/16Possible Bioterrorism Agents CDC classified A B or C AgentPlagueYersinia pestisWhat is plaguePlague is an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by the bacterium Y The Disease Plague is a disease caused by Y pestis a bacterium found in rodents and their fleas in many areas around the world BThese outbreaks can occur in rural communities or in cities They are usu type I). Also K/as. Mad rat disease. Black death. Mahamari. Pestilential fever. Buboes. Pest. "Black death" inspired one of the most enduring nursery rhymes in the English language, “Ring a Ring . pestis. Black death. taxonomy. Member of the . Enterobacteriaceae. . family . yersinia. is gram . nagative. . coccobacilli. . . . . Yersinia.  . General . Prof & HoD . Dept of Pathology. SKHMC. . Pasteurellae. . Yersinia. Pasteurella. Francisella. Primary pathogens of rodents. Human pathogens: . Yersinia. . pestis. . Yersinia. Boisier P, Rahalison L, Rasolomaharo M, Ratsitorahina M, Mahafaly M, Razafimahefa M, et al. Epidemiologic Features of Four Successive Annual Outbreaks of Bubonic Plague in Mahajanga, Madagascar. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002;8(3):311-316. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0803.010250. an . infectious disease caused by the bacteria . Yersinia. . pestis. , a . zoonotic. bacteria, usually found in small mammals and their fleas. It is transmitted between animals through fleas. . . Richard V, Riehm JM, Herindrainy P, Soanandrasana R, Ratsitoharina M, Rakotomanana F, et al. Pneumonic Plague Outbreak, Northern Madagascar, 2011. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015;21(1):8-15. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2101.131828. Boisier P, Rahalison L, Rasolomaharo M, Ratsitorahina M, Mahafaly M, Razafimahefa M, et al. Epidemiologic Features of Four Successive Annual Outbreaks of Bubonic Plague in Mahajanga, Madagascar. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002;8(3):311-316. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0803.010250.