Colorado doctors are treating a patient who has contracted the plague , health officials say. They have yet to elaborate on the condition of the patient and how they became infected with the plague bacterium, but cases of the disease are extremely rare in the modern day. It is a severe condition which usually presents in three main clinical forms - bubonic, pneumonic or septicemic - and can be transmitted in several ways between infected animals and humans.
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Swollen lymph nodes are also common, while hands and feet may turn black. It’s caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which is carried by rodents and fleas, and treatment consists of antibiotics. The bubonic plagues most deadly period occurred in Europe between 1345 and 2353 - an era known as The Black Death - when as many as 50 million people died.
It was one of the most fatal pandemics in human history, though doctors in the 21st century are well-equipped to deal with cases and pr.
