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Plague still a current threat! - Timelord - 20 December 2013
See this article :- http://uk.news.yahoo.com/madagascar-bubonic-plague-kills-dozens-132252481.html
Search Madagascar plague if the link is an issue.
RE: Plague still a current threat! - Scythe13 - 20 December 2013
Wow, good find. That's come out of nowhere!
Oddly SARS, the virus, went from China to Toronto. So the possibility of this going world wide pretty quickly is evident.
RE: Plague still a current threat! - Tibbs735 - 20 December 2013
The corona virus is still simmering away in the middle east with a very high mortality rate, 165 cases, 71 deaths so far,
RE: Plague still a current threat! - Timelord - 20 December 2013
It has never gone away. The 1st article below explains all. Also the other two links are useful.
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/829233-overview#a0101
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/biological_warfare/article_em.htm
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/ticks/article_em.htm
Regards, TL.
RE: Plague still a current threat! - Oggydoggy100 - 26 December 2013
Plague comes in three types, Bubonic, Pneumonic & septicemic. The severity increasing from the former to the latter. Yersinia pestis has several reservoirs of infections, as it were, in the Far East and North America. I think one of the main threats post any major event will be the spread of disease as a Consequence of bad hygine, the lowering of immune systems through shock, poor diet etc.