Untreated bubonic plague can progress to septicemic or pneumonic plague. Septicemic plague—which can also result from flea ...

We currently lack a safe, effective and licensed vaccine for pneumonic plague, which is nearly always fatal and has been weaponized. Yersinia pestis overcomes host defense, in a large part ...

Septicemic plague infects the bloodstream. Pneumonic plague, which can be passed from human to human, occurs when the bacillus moves into the pulmonary system, choking off breathing. Infection in ...

Although rare, person-to-person transmission may occur with pneumonic plague. This severe type of plague causes pneumonia, or inflammation of the lungs. The virus SARS-COV-2 causes COVID ...

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“What Wu suggested is that someone who has pneumonic plague, and his or her lungs are infected, can transmit this disease to others directly in an airborne manner without the fleas,” said ...

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A surface protease helps Yersinia pestis plow its way through the body during pneumonic plague. During the 14th through 16th centuries, Y. pestis caused a pandemic of plague that killed a third of ...

The roentgenograms showed characteristic, rapidly progressive, dense pneumonic infiltrates arranged in a peculiar peripheral pattern best described as a "photographic negative" of the shadows seen ...

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In some experimental models, LcrV-specific antibodies suffice to protect against pneumonic plague, apparently by promoting phagocytosis and helping phagocytes survive Y. pestis encounters.