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Plague Never Vanished: Cases Still Reported in Africa and the US Most Years
Key Takeaways
- Plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, has never been eradicated and is still reported in Africa and the United States nearly every year.
- The World Health Organization says most human cases since the 1990s have occurred in Africa, particularly Congo and Madagascar.
- The CDC records an average of roughly seven US cases annually, mostly in rural areas of the American West.
- A worker at a Siberian plague research institute died of pneumonia; Russian authorities said tests showed no evidence of plague, but the facility was quarantined.
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DT Editorial Team··via medicalxpress.com