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if everyone's house looked like that you'd probably have an outbreak of bubonic plague. Sorry, i'm never going to be pro poor hygiene in cities or towns.
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Plague Killed A Colorado Teen. What Do You Need To Know? Comment Now Follow Comments
http://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2015/06/23/plague-killed-a-colorado-teen-what-do-you-need-to-know/
Echoing a bygone era, a 16 year old boy, Taylor Gaes, just died of plague in Colorado. It happens now and then, especially in the western U.S., as plague is often carried by fleas on prairie dogs or squirrels, or by rats in urban areas. Plague is more often found in Africa and Asia.
Plague is caused by a bacteria called Yersinia pestis. People become infected either through a bite from an infected flea from rodents or by handling an animal infected with plague. Hungry fleas, leaving a dead animal, may latch onto a person or dog or cat, with the pet then carrying the infection to the home. Cats, being aggressive hunters of rodents, are more likely than dogs to become infected. The incubation period is usually 2-6 days. Hunters are also susceptible to plague from exposure to infected blood while skinning their prey. They may get the more localized form, bubonic plague, which causes lymph node swelling (aka buboes), or rarely the septicemic (bloodstream) form, with sudden shock and bleeding. While the buboe is a telltale clue, the symptoms of other forms of plague are very nonspecific until they become overwhelming, as happened to this teen. In fact, this septicemic form could easily be mistaken for meningococcal sepsis, the bacteria that regularly causes meningitis and death in unvaccinated teens.
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