Sentences with phrase «as pneumonic»

Y. pestis was initially passed from person to person — say, when an infected individual coughed on a healthy person — and most likely caused lung infections known as pneumonic plague or blood infections called septicemic plague, the researchers report October 22 in Cell.

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As it stands, most cases of plague can be cured before Y. pestis might begin to spread within the population as an easily transmissible strain of pneumonic plaguAs it stands, most cases of plague can be cured before Y. pestis might begin to spread within the population as an easily transmissible strain of pneumonic plaguas an easily transmissible strain of pneumonic plague.

In its pneumonic form, such as what is now observed in Madagascar, the plague is only transmitted from human to human, however.

Cats with the pneumonic form of plague need to be isolated and treated by people wearing full protective gear such as gloves and masks.