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bubonic plague
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bubonic plague

Epidemic disease of the Middle Ages; see plague and Black Death.



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Untreated septicemic plague is universally fatal, but early treatment with antibiotics reduces the mortality rate to between 4 and 15 percent.
Septicemic plague without buboes, found in the blood; 3.
Bites, scratches, or other contact with infectious material while handling infected cats resulted in 17 cases of bubonic plague, 1 case of primary septicemic plague, and 5 cases of primary pneumonic plague (5).
 
 
 
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