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plague pneumonia

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Noun1.plague pneumonia - a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever
pest, pestilence, pestis, plague - a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal


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Primary plague pneumonia contracted from a domestic cat at South Lake Tahoe, California.
Human to human infection occurs when a person with plague pneumonia coughs and spreads the bacteria into the air, which is then inhaled by others.
The Department of Defense has a continuing requirement for a licensed vaccine that is effective against plague pneumonia since such a vaccine is a needed biodefense component for protection on the battlefield of our armed forces against plague organisms," said Dr.
 
 
 
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