Two pneumonic plague cases have been found in
Madagascar, said a health official there. The pneumonic plague is
deadlier than the bubonic plague. This new report comes after
confirmation that there was also an outbreak of the deadly bubonic
plague in the island’s northwest region in a tiny village.
Pneumonic plague can be transmitted from human to human without any involvement of fleas or animals. It is also the least common and most virulent form of plague, which can kill in less than 24 hours.
Bubonic plague was found in the town of Mandritsara in northwestern Madagascar last week. Twenty people and possibly more have been reported killed by the plague. This week it was confirmed by The Pasteur Institute of Madagascar that tests on some of the bodies from the village near Mandritsara showed that the cause of death had been the plague. However, the institute did not give a number of how many died from the outbreak.
Pneumonic plague occurs from the same bacteria, which cause bubonic plague, the so-named Black Death, which ravaged Europe by killing an what was estimated to be over 25 million people during the Middle Ages.
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14 Décembre 2013 08:27
..The latest statistics speak of 41 deaths and 96 people infected in the space of three months. Mandritsara district in the North East of the island, is on alert . The delay in diagnosis and management have exacerbated the situation. Emergency measures were taken to stop the outbreak of this epidemic, including a campaign of extermination and temporary evacuations of populations at risk. The epidemic is spread by rats pushed houses including uncontrolled deforestation of the island.A doctor Branch of Health in Antananarivo said that 90% of cases took the form of pneumonic plague is worse than the most common form ( bubonic plague or Black Death ), because it can kill in three days. Garbage, poor sanitation and lack of respect for hygiene conducive to the spread of the disease. The capital is more than ever a place at risk. Scientists at the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar are particularly concerned that these cases occur outside the period usually spreads the plague .http://www.lagazette-dgi.com/index.p...6226&Itemid=5
Pneumonic plague can be transmitted from human to human without any involvement of fleas or animals. It is also the least common and most virulent form of plague, which can kill in less than 24 hours.
Bubonic plague was found in the town of Mandritsara in northwestern Madagascar last week. Twenty people and possibly more have been reported killed by the plague. This week it was confirmed by The Pasteur Institute of Madagascar that tests on some of the bodies from the village near Mandritsara showed that the cause of death had been the plague. However, the institute did not give a number of how many died from the outbreak.
Pneumonic plague occurs from the same bacteria, which cause bubonic plague, the so-named Black Death, which ravaged Europe by killing an what was estimated to be over 25 million people during the Middle Ages.
[link to hisz.rsoe.hu]
14 Décembre 2013 08:27
..The latest statistics speak of 41 deaths and 96 people infected in the space of three months. Mandritsara district in the North East of the island, is on alert . The delay in diagnosis and management have exacerbated the situation. Emergency measures were taken to stop the outbreak of this epidemic, including a campaign of extermination and temporary evacuations of populations at risk. The epidemic is spread by rats pushed houses including uncontrolled deforestation of the island.A doctor Branch of Health in Antananarivo said that 90% of cases took the form of pneumonic plague is worse than the most common form ( bubonic plague or Black Death ), because it can kill in three days. Garbage, poor sanitation and lack of respect for hygiene conducive to the spread of the disease. The capital is more than ever a place at risk. Scientists at the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar are particularly concerned that these cases occur outside the period usually spreads the plague .
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