Plague

Many Chinese people are now on high alert after a few locals in Inner Mongolia have reportedly contracted the plague and as the rat population in the region is said to be out of control. According to official Chinese state media reports, at least four people have been diagnosed with the plague. The first patient, from northwest China’s Gansu Province, died in September from bubonic plague . A husband and wife from Inner Mongolia were diagnosed with the pneumonic plague and both are receiving treatment at a hospital in Beijing. The fourth patient, also from Inner Mongolia, contracted the bubonic plague after he consumed a wild hare on Nov. 5—he is also being treated in Beijing. However, netizens suspect that Chinese authorities are covering up more cases of the plague even though they have reportedly taken precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the disease. Bubonic plague is mainly spread by infected fleas from small animals and rodents such as rats , prairie dogs and har...

Inner Mongolia authorities are scrambling to prevent the further spread of pneumonic plague, including by establishing a “firewall” for those leaving the region, after a local couple sparked a panic after being diagnosed in Beijing earlier this month, according to region’s emergency management authority. Emergency measures also include bolstering epidemic early warning systems, medical screenings and outbound traffic inspections, said a plague prevention plan released by the Inner Mongolia autonomous region’s emergency leading group. The actions follow reports earlier this month of two pneumonic cases and a bubonic plague case originating in the region, and revelations that local disease control agencies and medical institutions failed to adequately respond to the public health emergency. Documents obtained by Caixin show there were early warnings of a “fierce” plague epidemic in rodents, starting as early as in mid-August in the Sonid Left Banner region, where the couple contracted...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] A history of the plague in China, from ancient times to Mao -- and now    CNN https://ift.tt/338fOp2

CREDIT: National Institue of Allergy Infectious Diseases × A hunter ate a wild rabbit and caught black plague CREDIT: National Institue of Allergy Infectious Diseases Twenty-eight people are in quarantine in China’s northern Inner Mongolia province after a hunter was diagnosed with bubonic plague Saturday, the local health commission said. According to state-run news agency Xinhua, the unidentified patient was believed to have become infected with the plague after catching and eating a wild rabbit in Inner Mongolia’s Huade county. Bubonic plague is the more common version of the disease and is rarely transmitted between humans. The case comes after the Chinese government announced on November 12 that two people were being treated for the pneumonic plague in the capital of Beijing — the same strand that caused the Black Death, one of the deadliest pandemics in human history. Pneumonic plague is the most virulent and deadly strain of the disease. It originate...

Video Player Close HOHHOT, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Twenty people who had contact with a pneumonic plague patient in Huade County, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, were discharged from quarantine on Saturday. The patient, who is from Xilingol League of the region, is still receiving treatment in the Huade County Hospital. According to medical staff in the hospital, the patient is in a stable condition. In addition to the 20 people discharged, eight others that had contact with the patient had also been put under quarantine, and were later discharged as none had shown any symptoms such as fever. Prior to this case, two patients from Xilingol were diagnosed with pneumonic plague in Beijing early last week. No epidemiological association was found between the cases, according to authorities. Since the two plague outbreaks, the health department in Inner Mongolia has carried out investigations and rodent extermination. So far, a total of 12 rats and two rabbits were ...

This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of eclectic and under-the-radar health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by  clicking here . It's not a headline that you expect to see in 2019. But plague is back in the news after China reported three cases of the infectious disease earlier this month. The first cases were recorded in a middle-aged couple from the remote region of Inner Mongolia, who were sent to Beijing for observation after struggling to breathe. The third case emerged last weekend : A hunter from the same region was diagnosed with bubonic plague after catching and eating a wild rabbit. About 28 people who were in close contact with the hunter were also put in quarantine. It's actually the second time this year plague has been found in the region; in May, a Mongolian couple died reportedly after eating raw marmot kidney , leading to a six-day quarantine in...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Climate change can raise risk of plague    South China Morning Post https://ift.tt/2rl1H2A

The year is 1347 and people’s necks are swelling, they’re running high fevers, parts of them are turning black, some are even dropping like flies and — wait, what? It’s not 1347? It’s not the Black Death ? No, it’s 2019 and people are getting the bubonic plague . In fact, 28 people in China’s Inner Mongolia province are now under quarantine because a hunter caught the plague after eating a wild rabbit, authorities reported Sunday. The hunter is the third Chinese case of the plague revealed within a week. So, is the plague making a comeback? What is the plague? Most people have heard of the plague by flipping through pages in their history textbook. Known as the Black Death, it claimed anywhere from 30 to 60 per cent of Europe’s population in the 14th century. There are two types: bubonic and pneumonic. The bubonic plague is the most common and people can get it because of an infected flea’s bite or from handling an infected, dead animal. The bacteria, Yersinia pestis , cause...

The mere mention of the word “plague” conjures up some ghastly images, even among the most hardened of infectious disease specialists. After all, it’s not every communicable disease that earns the moniker “Black Death.” So, it’s no surprise that news from China last week regarding 2 new confirmed cases of pneumonic plague—the most deadly of the 3 known forms of the disease, along with bubonic and septicemic, caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis —has generated global headlines . “Cases [of the plague] continue to occur around the world, and there are some hotspots,” Ashok Kumar Chopra, CSc, PhD, professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, and member, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, told Contagion ®. “When they occur of course people get worried about it because they are aware of how dangerous it can be.” Of course, this is hardly the first outbreak of pneumonic plague since the disease ravaged the global populatio...

Last week, China gave the world a bit of a scare when health officials in the country confirmed that two people had come down with the most deadly form of plague. The pneumonic plague, which is believed to be the variant that caused the Black Death pandemic, showed up in a husband and wife in a remote area of the country. Now, China says a third person has also tested positive for the plague. What makes this news even more troubling is that the man apparently had no contact with the other two plague victims. The good news, if you can call it that, is that the man has the bubonic form of the illness. Reports that have emerged since the news first broke paint a clearer picture of how China is handling the situation. The New York Times notes that the first two plague victims have been quarantined. One of the individuals is in stable condition while the other was said to be in critical condition. The third case is a bit different. Unlike the two patients with pneumonic plague, a 55-ye...

by STEFANIE DYGA | WSBT Staff Hunter in China diagnosed with bubonic plague after eating rabbit // Courtesy of MGN Online 28 people were placed in quarantine in China after a hunter was diagnosed with the bubonic plague, local health officials said. This follows two other patients being diagnosed with pneumonic plague in Beijing last week, the most deadly form of the disease, as the CDC says it's almost always fatal if not treated quickly. According to news media Xinhua , the patient hunted and consumed a wild rabbit on November 5. The CDC says a person usually becomes ill with bubonic plague within one to six days after being infected. Key symptoms include a swollen lymph node, headache, fever, chills and extreme exhaustion. The plague is the same disease that is widely believed to have led to the Black Death, the pandemic that ravaged Europe in the 14th century and killed around 25 million people, according to Britannica. The patient is currently receiving treatme...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Inner Mongolia reported a fresh, confirmed case of bubonic plague on Sunday, despite an earlier declaration by the country's health officials that the risk of an outbreak was minimal. The health commission of the autonomous region said a 55-year-old man was diagnosed with the disease after he ate wild rabbit meat on 5 November. Bubonic plague is the most common form of plague globally and can advance and spread to the lungs, which is a more severe type called pneumonic plague, according to the World Health Organization. The Inner Mongolia case follows two that were confirmed earlier this month in Beijing. In both cases, the two patients from Inner Mongolia were quarantined at a facility in the capital after being diagnosed with pneumonic plague, health authorities said at the time. The Inner Mongolia health commission said it found no evidence so far to link the most recent case to the earlier two cases in Beijing. The patient in Inner Mongol...

An anteroposterior (AP) chest x-ray of a plague patient revealing bilateral infection, greater on the patient's left side, which was diagnosed as a case of pneumonic plague, caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis. Pneumonic plague may develop from inhaling infectious droplets or may develop from untreated bubonic or septicemic plague after the bacteria spread to the lungs. The pneumonia may cause respiratory failure and shock. Pneumonic plague is the most serious form of the disease and is the only form of plague that can be spread from person to person (by infectious droplets). Image courtesy CDC/Dr. Jack Poland, 1975. Smith Collection/Gado A couple from China's remote Inner Mongolia province traveled to Beijing earlier in the week seeking treatment for symptoms including fever, chills, nausea and vomiting. On Tuesday, Chinese officials confirmed that the couple had pneumonic plague, a severe form of the so-called "Black Death" that decimated European and Afr...

ATLANTA - The plague -- yes, that plague -- is back in the news. But it never really went away . The same scourge that caused the Black Death in the Middle Ages sickened two people in China with pneumonic plague this month. In May, a Mongolian couple died from bubonic plague after eating the raw kidney of an infected rodent. But there are almost certainly more than four cases in the world. Anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000 people get the plague every year, the World Health Organization reported . But that total is likely too modest an estimate, since it doesn't account for unreported cases. Even by US standards, four cases is unusually low. An average of seven Americans get the plague every year , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Where is the plague most common? The plague is an endemic disease (meaning it exists permanently) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar and Peru. A 2017 outbreak in Madagascar infected nearly 2,350 people and ki...

Two people in China are being treated for plague, authorities said Tuesday. It's the second time the disease, the same one that caused the Black Death, one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, has been detected in the region -- in May, a Mongolian couple died from bubonic plague after eating the raw kidney of a marmot, a local folk health remedy. The two recent patients, from the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia, were diagnosed with pneumonic plague by doctors in the Chinese capital Beijing, according to state media Xinhua . They are now receiving treatment in Beijing's Chaoyang District, and authorities have implemented preventative control measures. Plague, caused by bacteria and transmitted through flea bites and infected animals, can develop in three different forms. Bubonic plague causes swollen lymph nodes, while septicemic plague infects the blood and pneumonic plague infects the lungs. Pneumonic -- the kind the Chinese patients have -- is more virule...

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Washington: Two patients in China have been diagnosed with plague, the deadly and infectious disease tied to historic pandemics, local media reported. The people, from Inner Mongolia, were treated for pneumonic plague in Beijing's Chaoyang district, local health officials said on Tuesday, according to Caixin and state-media Xinhua. The news outlets reported the patients received "proper treatment," and disease control measures and prevention methods have been taken. According to Caixin, the patients were treated at Chaoyang Hospital, which has since replaced all chairs in its emergency room. The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said the patients were quickly isolated and health officials investigated everyone who could have been exposed to them, The New York Times reported. Chinese health officials also called the risk for further infections "extremely low." https://ift.tt/32MN8l4

By Yu Juan, Ma Danmeng, Liang Zhen and Denise Jia / Nov 13, 2019 06:25 AM / Business & Tech Beijing health authorities have confirmed that two persons from north China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region have been diagnosed with pneumonic plague, a potentially deadly and extremely contagious lung infection. The two patients have received proper treatment in relevant medical institution in Beijing’s Chaoyang district and relevant disease prevention and control measures have been taken, local health authorities said Tuesday. Chaoyang Hospital, where the two patients were treated, has replaced all the chairs at its emergency room, Caixin reporters witnessed. The emergency room was in police blockade Monday night, people living nearby the hospital told Caixin. A resident medical school student at Chaoyang Hospital told Caixin that he received emergency notice from the school, asking them not to go to the emergency room in the following weeks. Chaoyang Hospital told local media th...

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