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| | MSN Encarta - Plague |
 | | Plague still occurs around the world, but less frequently because of improved sanitation, public health, and antibiotic therapy. | | | Many preventive measures, such as sanitation, killing of rats, and prevention of the transport of rats in ships arriving from ports in which the disease is endemic, are effective in reducing the incidence of plague. | | | For this reason, current research focuses on potential vaccines and on how to improve response to an epidemic by public health agencies. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761565483/Plague.html
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| | TED Cast Study BUBONIC |
| | Plague bacteria can continue to survive in places like rat burrows (dark, moist environments) even after the plague has killed off all the rats in an infected group. | | | While such quarantines doubtless hindered the flow of trade, they were not of much use in stopping the spread of the plague, as they focused on the human crew, not the fleas and rats. | | | Plague outbreaks continue to this day, even in Western countries with advanced medical and public health techniques. |
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http://www.american.edu/TED/bubonic.htm
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| | PLAGUE AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN RENAISSANCE EUROPE |
| | Similarly, during the epidemics, physicians and medical writers in various parts of Europe had to deal with questions of the nature of medical knowledge and the extent of the doctor's ethical responsibility to the ill. Medical consilia from each of the three areas include discussions of each of these issues. | | | Collections of texts and images, since they do represent multiple points of view, are ideal ways to accurately convey the multi-faceted nature of human reality. | | | Yet medical tracts, moral treatises and papal proclamations make clear that for most Europeans there were, within the medieval world view, rational explanations for what was happening. |
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http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/osheim/plaguein.html
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| | BUBONIC |
| | As a result, Louis Pastuer discovered that the source of the disease was the fleas, often found on rats. | | | During the role-play, the students will be medical examiners, from the London Board of Health. | | | He's the only one in our family who is sick. |
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http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-S2000/Symons/bubonic.htm
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| | Plague Facts |
| | Prevention consists of controlling rodent fleas, educating the public and the medical community in places where plague occurs, and using preventive medicines and vaccines as appropriate. | | | The drug of choice is streptomycin, but several other antibiotics are also effective. | | | Pneumonic plague can spread from person to person. |
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http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/plague.html
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| | Bubonic plague is innocent |
| | After an examination of the symptoms (particularly the haemorrhagic red spots on the chest – ‘God's tokens') and the primitive autopsy reports of the dissolution of the internal organs, Scott and Duncan suggest that it may have been a form of filovirus, distantly related to Ebola. | | | The work places Europe's plagues in a new geographical, historical and demographic framework, and warns of the risk of future epidemics. | | | Still endemic in parts of Asia today, it occasionally spreads to humans via peridomestic rats, causing a potentially lethal disease which is usually treatable with modern medicine. |
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http://www.hero.ac.uk/research/archive/bubonic_plague_is_innocen1184.cfm?archive=yes
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| | Bubonic plague - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In septicemic plague there is bleeding into the skin and other organs, which creates black patches on the skin. | | | The initial symptoms of headache, weakness, and coughing with hemoptysis are indistinguishable from other respiratory illnesses. | | | Bubonic plague is primarily a disease of rodents, particularly marmots (in which the most virulent strains of plague are primarily found), but also Black Rats, prairie dogs, chipmunks, squirrels and other similar large rodents. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague
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| | Bubonic Plague |
| | As soon as samples are collected for laboratory testing, antibiotic therapy is instituted. | | | If plague patients are not treated with specific antibiotic therapy, the disease can progress rapidly to death. | | | A: Plague is a disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. |
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http://www.armymedicine.army.mil/hc/healthtips/09/bubonicplague.cfm
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| | Plague: Yersinia pestis |
| | Streptomycin is the drug of choice, ß-lactams are not useful. | | | As the epidemic of bubonic plague develops (especially under conditions of severe overcrowding, malnutrition, and heavy flea infestation), it eventually shifts into a predominately pneumonic form, which is far more difficult to control and which has 100 percent mortality. | | | Death: The patient usually dies of endotoxic shock. |
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http://www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/Website/lectures/lecture/plague.htm
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| | SECRETS OF THE DEAD . Mystery of the Black Death PBS |
| | O'Brien thought this principle could be applied to the plague bacteria, which affects the body in a similar manner. | | | This derivation of the disease is called pneumonic plague, and can quickly spread from person to person through the air. | | | In 1996, research showed that delta 32 prevents HIV from entering human cells and infecting the body. |
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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_plague
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| | The Plague |
| | By the fourth or fifth day,wild anxiety and terror overtake the sufferer-and then a sense of resignation, as the skin blackens and the rictus of death settles on the body (Smithsonian, 70). | | | Also,Sulfadizine is used for the virus if antibiotics are not available.There is no known cure for the virus, but there are drugs that help some of the side effects less severe. | | | The first symptoms of the bubonic plague often appear within several days: headache and a general feeling of weakness, followed by aches and chills in the upper leg and groin, a white coating on the tongue, rapid pulse, slurred speech, confusion, fatigue, apathy and a staggering gait. |
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http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/eng97_8/remsen/saki_justin/the_plague.htm
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| | Bubonic Plague Suspected in NYC |
| | The unidentified man is currently hospitalized in critical condition, and his wife is listed in stable condition. | | | Most people with the plague can be successfully treated with a 10-day course of antibiotics, especially if the disease is treated promptly, but about 10% of patients who become ill from plague die. | | | Symptoms of the plague in humans include fever; painful swollen lymph glands in the groin, armpit, or neck areas; chills; and sometimes headache, vomiting, and diarrhea. |
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http://www.webmd.com/content/article/53/61297.htm?z=1728_00000_1000_ln_02
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| | Bubonic Plague Traced to Ancient Egypt |
| | Summary The bubonic plague may have originated in ancient Egypt, according to a new study. | | | The bubonic plague, or Black Death, may have originated in ancient Egypt, according to a new study. | | | "This is the first time the plague's origins in Egypt have been backed up by archaeological evidence," said Eva Panagiotakopulu, who made the discovery. |
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0310_040310_blackdeath.html
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| | Bubonic plague - Medieval black death not bubonic plague |
| | A second variation - pneumonic plague - attacked the respiratory system and was spread by... | | | This educational portion of the Bubonic Plague Luncheonette has been sponsored by Godiva Chocolates, and a deep-seated desire to be unproductive during the school work week. | | | The Bubonic Plague had a treacherous effect upon the Medieval people. |
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http://www.moverhome.com/mh/bubonic-plague.html
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| | Bubonic plague |
| | Remember, medieval doctors had no idea how the disease was transmitted - no knowledge of bacteria, and connection of plague to rats. | | | Before the plague, most peasants had been serfs. | | | Europeans began to think that there was something wrong with the church itself that warranted God's punishment. |
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http://www.luc.edu/faculty/ldossey/bubonicanov6.htm
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| | SECRETS OF THE DEAD . Mystery of the Black Death . Clues & Evidence PBS |
| | Eyam provided O'Brien an ideal opportunity to test this theory. | | | For a disease-causing microorganism to infect the human body there must be a gateway or portal through which it enters into human cells. | | | Everyone in the town would have been exposed to the bacterium, so it's likely that any life-saving genetic trait would have been possessed by each of these survivors. |
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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_plague/clues.html
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| | CNN.com - Scientist in plague vial case set to appear court - Jan. 16, 2003 |
| | They came from a stock of about 180 vials that are part of a study by Butler, who has more than 25 years' experience with plague research. | | | CNN Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains different forms of plague and what causes them. | | | Bacteria and viruses, such as the plague, are widely available to researchers at universities across the United States. |
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Southwest/01/15/missing.plague
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| | Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe |
| | This project involves the creation of a hypertext archive of narratives, medical consilia, governmental records, religious and spiritual writings and images documenting the arrival, impact and response to the problem of epidemic disease in Western Europe between 1348 and 1530. | | | When completed researchers will be able to follow themes and issues geographically across Europe in any given time period or chronologically from the first cases of bubonic plague in 1348 to the early sixteenth century. | | | Unless otherwise noted, items published by the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities are copyrighted by the authors and may be shared in accordance with the Fair Use provisions of U.S. copyright law. |
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| | CDC - Yellow Book: [4] Plague - CDC Travelers' Health |
| | Human plague cases also have been treated successfully with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, but this agent is not considered to be a primary choice for therapy. | | | Patients with pneumonic plague often have many of the above signs and symptoms, as well as cough, breathing difficulties and, in later stages of the illness, bloody sputum. | | | Initial signs and symptoms of plague can be nonspecific, with fever, chills, headache, malaise, myalgia, nausea, and prostration. |
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| | plague on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Bubonic plague, the most common form, is characterized by very high fever, chills, prostration, delirium, hemorrhaging of the small capillaries under the skin, and enlarged, painful lymph nodes (buboes), which suppurate and may discharge. | | | Invasion of the lungs by the organism (pneumonic plague) may occur as a complication of the bubonic form or as a primary infection. | | | Because the number of cases of plague has been increasing annually, it is categorized as a re-emerging infectious disease by the World Health Organization. |
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| | Introduction: Bubonic plague - WrongDiagnosis.com |
| | Researching symptoms of Bubonic plague: Further information about the symptoms of Bubonic plague is available including a list of symptoms of Bubonic plague, or alternatively return to research other symptoms in the symptom center. | | | Treatments for Bubonic plague: Various information is available about treatments available for Bubonic plague, prevention of Bubonic plague, or research treatments for other diseases. | | | Causes of Bubonic plague: Research more detailed information about the causes of Bubonic plague, or other general information about Bubonic plague. |
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| | plague.htm |
| | Scientific and medical, social, and religious responses to the Plague. | | | A Look at History - The Plague : A doctor explores the causes, treatment, and control of pestilential outbreak. | | | PLAGUE AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN RENAISSANCE EUROPE : A thorough introduction to the plague. |
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| | bubonic plague -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
| | The disease in man has three clinical forms: bubonic, characterized by swelling of the lymph nodes (buboes); pneumonic, in which the lungs are extensively... | | | Caused by the rod-shaped bacterium Yersinia pestis (sometimes categorized as Pasteurella pestis), bubonic plague is an acute and severe infection that occurs mainly in wild rodents, such as rats or squirrels. | | | This, added to chronic shortages of drinking water and traditional hygiene patterns, contributed to the spread of epidemic diseases. |
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| | The Black Death: Bubonic Plague |
| | Plague causes fever and a painful swelling of the lymph glands called buboes, which is how it gets its name. | | | The disease also causes spots on the skin that are red at first and then turn black. | | | The bubonic plague mainly affects rodents, but fleas can transmit the disease to people. |
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| | Mr. Dowling's Bubonic Plague Page |
| | The plague was also referred to as "the Black Death&; because the skin of diseased people turned a dark gray color. | | | Groups known as flagellants tried to atone for the sins of the world by inflicting punishments upon themselves. | | | People were often advised to not bathe because open skin pores might let in the disease. |
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| | Plague |
| | The Bubonic Plague or "Black Death" was a fatal disease spread by fleas which lived on rats and humans. | | | More painful welts would appear all over the person's body until the infection was so bad that the person died usually within three days. | | | Many people are dying without the Sacrament of Penance." Rome announced an emergency relaxation of canonical law, permitting the dying to confess aloud to God or to any person who would listen, "even to a woman."' |
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| | BBC NEWS Africa DR Congo plague outbreak spreads |
| | Humans are generally infected with plague by rodents and fleas, but the pneumonic form of the disease can also be transmitted from person to person through respiratory droplets. | | | Bubonic plague is endemic in parts of Africa, including the DR Congo, but pneumonic plague, which occurs when bacteria infect the lung, has a very high fatality rate and is "invariably" deadly when left untreated, the WHO said. | | | Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says it believes it has found a case in a second area in the north-east. |
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| | ABC News: Mice Infected With Bubonic Plague Missing |
| | Bubonic plague is not contagious, but left untreated it can transform into pneumonic plague, which can be spread from person to person. | | | The mice were unaccounted-for at the Public Health Research Institute, which is on the campus of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and conducts bioterrorism research for the federal government. | | | The mice were injected as part of an inoculation and vaccination experiment, investigators said. |
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| | Plague - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Plague is the stage name of a US wrestler | | | Bubonic plague, the disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis | | | This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. |
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| | Bubonic Plague A Historical Timeline |
| | 2005: Three mice infected with Bubonic Plague disappear from a laboratory at the Public Health Research Institute on the campus of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. | | | 430 B.C.: During the second year of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides writes about a disease that is believed to have been the Plague (some scholars believe it was smallpox). | | | 1894: Working independently, bacteriologists Alexandre Yersin and Shibasaburo Kitasato both isolate the bacterium that causes bubonic Plague. |
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| | Black Death |
| | It was a widely held belief that The plague was a punishment from God for wrongs committed by the people of Europe. | | | The fact went unnoticed at the time that on the ships "the sea going" rats were also afflicted with a sickness. | | | The victims of the Bubonic plague had little chance of survival and very few came back from it. |
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| | Bubonic Plague -- eCureMe.com |
| | This disease can also be transmitted by accidentally ingesting flea feces or can be transmitted from someone with plague | | | Bacteria -- Yersinia pestis causes the so-called Bubonic | | | Infected cats can also transmit the bacteria by scratching or biting humans. |
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| | Bio 118: Bubonic Plague |
| | Lack of mention of a die-off of rats before the plague | | | epidemiology and speed make it most likely all the same plague | | | Establishment in the US by 1900 some cases of Plague in US soon it became established in the rodent population of the West (prarie dogs, ground squirrels, etc.) |
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http://www.biology.lsa.umich.edu/courses/bio118/plague.htm
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| | bubonic plague |
| | Find what you're looking for at Lycos Search. | | | Can't find any information on: bubonic plague, why not give AskMen.com a try? | | | At eBay you can find practically anything, even bubonic plague. |
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http://bubonic-plague.3qn.net
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| | Plague |
| | For general reading, however, we suggest two books in particular: David Herlihy, The Black Death and the Transformation of the West, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997 and Philip Ziegler, The Black Death, London, Collins, 1979. | | | There is an enormous amount of reliable scholarship on the Plague. |
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