Cat-transmitted fatal pneumonic plague in a person who traveled from Colorado to Arizona
| Autor: | Paul Ettestad, Ted Davis, John M. Doll, Kenneth L. Gage, Paul S. Zeitz, Ann L. Bucholtz |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Pneumonic plague
Adult Male Veterinary medicine medicine.medical_specialty Colorado Yersinia pestis Plague (disease) Cat Diseases Fatal Outcome Virology medicine Animals Humans Lung Plague Travel Transmission (medicine) business.industry Public health Arizona Sputum Yersiniosis Pneumonia medicine.disease Radiography Infectious Diseases Cats Enzootic Siphonaptera Parasitology Flea bites Contact Tracing business Contact tracing |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 51(1) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9637 |
| Popis: | Plague, primarily a disease of rodents and their infected fleas, is fatal in 50% of infected humans if untreated. In the United States, human cases have been concentrated in the southwest. The most common modes of plague transmission are through flea bites or through contact with infected blood or tissues; however, primary pneumonic plague acquired from cats has become increasingly recognized. We report on the case investigation of a patient, presumably exposed to a plague-infected cat in Colorado, who presented with gastrointestinal symptoms, and subsequently died of primary pneumonic plague. Public health officials should be vigilant for plague activity in rodent populations, veterinarians should suspect feline plague in ill or deceased cats, and physicians should have a high index of suspicion for plague in any person who has traveled to plague enzootic areas. |
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