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- Plague - World Health Organization (WHO)
Plague is 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
- Plague - World Health Organization (WHO)
Plague is an infectious disease found in some small mammals and their fleas People can contract plague if they are in bitten by infected fleas, and develop the bubonic form of plague Sometimes bubonic plague progresses to pneumonic plague, when the bacteria reaches the lungs Person-to-person transmission is possible through the inhalation of infected respiratory droplets of a person who has
- Plague - World Health Organization (WHO)
Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, usually found in small mammals and their fleas
- Plague Outbreak Toolbox - World Health Organization (WHO)
Welcome to the Plague Outbreak Toolbox Key reference documents Plague information page (Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018) Plague fact sheet (Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022) Operational guidelines on plague surveillance, diagnosis, prevention and control (New Delhi: WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia; 2010)
- Plague - Madagascar - World Health Organization (WHO)
Plague is endemic in Madagascar and outbreaks occur regularly, although every outbreak is cause for concern Furthermore, pneumonic plague is a notifiable disease under the International Health Regulations 2005
- Plague: enhancing country readiness
To strengthen the readiness and response capacity of those countries at risk from major epidemic-prone diseases such as plague, WHO provides international technical expertise when the potential consequences of an outbreak require external support It also ensures the availability of those laboratory and drug supplies required for effective outbreak containment and helps to develop rapid
- Manual for plague surveillance, diagnosis, prevention and control
Plague has caused millions of deaths in pandemics over the past 2,500 years Re-emerging in several countries during the 1990s, it is now considered a public health emergency due to its high outbreak risk Plague is an acute bacterial infection caused by *Yersinia pestis*, with high mortality rates even though effective treatments exist, as outbreaks often occur in remote areas where diagnosis
- Plague – Madagascar - World Health Organization (WHO)
Since 1 August 2017, Madagascar has been experiencing a large outbreak of plague As of 10 November 2017, a total of 2119 confirmed, probable and suspected cases of plague, including 171 deaths (case fatality rate: 8%), have been reported by the Ministry of Health of Madagascar to WHO
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