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Plague: infection with Yersina pestis, a Gram-negative bacterium
Isolated cases or epidemic
Transmission via fleas (importance of rat population) or aerogenically (cough)
Lymphadenitis (bubonic plague), pneumonia (pneumonic plague) with septicaemia and bleeding
Isolation of cases, flea eradication, streptomycin or tetracycline
Tetracycline for immediate contacts
