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Pneumonic Plague is the most serious form of plague. It should not be confused with Bubonic Plague, the "Black Death" of Medieval Europe. As it's name implies, it affects the lungs. It can be successfully treated if antibiotics are administered within the first 24 hours of symptoms appearing. Without treatment it is uniformly fatal in 36-48 hours. 98% of the cases reported each year occur in Africa.

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How would you catch the three different types of black death?

In addition to the bubonic plague, there are two other different diseases caused by the same organism, called the septicemic plague and the pneumonic plague. The bubonic plague is spread by rats and fleas; a person gets it by being bitten by an infected flea. The septicemic form is the same disease, except that it has spread into a person's blood stream, where it progresses more rapidly and is more likely to be lethal. If the plague gets into a person's lungs, then the form is the pneumonic plague, and it can be spread in the droplets in the air when that person coughs; another person can catch the pneumonic plague by breathing the air.


What are the forms of plague?

There were two forms of plague, one Bubonic and the other Pneumonic. Pneumonic was not currable.


Is Pneumonic plague a plague that is airborne?

Yes


How did they cure the Pneumonic plague?

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Was Pneumonic plague caught through breathing?

yes if someone who had the black death breathed on you or you breathed it in the you would have the pneumonic plague


How did the pneumonic plague begin?

1674


What was the name of the plague tony had on ncis?

pneumonic plague


What was the difference between bibonic and pneumonic plague?

The Bubonic plague killed one third of Europe and much of Asia. I'm not sure there was such a thing as the "Numonic" plague. There is, however, something called pneumonic plague, which is a lung disease.


What were the three types of plague that could be found in Europe during the middle ages?

The three types of plague are: bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic.


How does the bubonic plague affect muscles?

The Pneumonic plague, (internal bubonic plague,) constricted your throat muscles.


What probably was the Black Death?

Bubonic and pneumonic plague :-)


Can you get pneumonic plague from dogs?

While dogs and cats can become infected, dogs rarely show signs of illness and are not believed to spread disease to humans.