Global & Disaster Medicine

A ten-year old boy in Siberia’s Altai Republic has contracted bubonic plague

July 14th, 2016

TASS

“…..According to the World Health Organization, more than 13,000 people contracted bubonic plague in Asia, Africa and America between 2004 and 2013. Roughly 900 of them died from the disease…..”

Plague occurs on all continents except Europe and Australia. Central and east Africa have the most reported plague for the years 2000-2009. Additional clusters of cases during this time period occurred in northern Africa, central Asia, southeast Asia, China, India, Madagascar, Peru, and the United States.

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