Tag: Bubonic

  • Plague

    Plague

    – A zoonosis caused by the Gram-negative bacillus Yersinia pestis that mainly affects wild and domestic rodents. – The transmission to humans may be indirect (flea bites) or direct (excoriated skin contact with rodents). The person transmission occurs through flea bites and by air to the lung form. – Large animal outbreaks persist in Central…