Plague - World Health Organization (WHO) Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, a zoonotic bacteria, usually found in small mammals and their fleas It is transmitted between animals through fleas
Plague - World Health Organization (WHO) Plague is an infectious disease found in some small mammals and their fleas People can contract plague if they are in bitten by infected fleas, and develop the bubonic form of plague Sometimes bubonic plague progresses to pneumonic plague, when the bacteria reaches the lungs Person-to-person transmission is possible through the inhalation of infected respiratory droplets of a person who has
Plague Outbreak Toolbox - World Health Organization (WHO) Welcome to the Plague Outbreak Toolbox Key reference documents Plague information page (Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018) Plague fact sheet (Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022) Operational guidelines on plague surveillance, diagnosis, prevention and control (New Delhi: WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia; 2010)
الطاعون - World Health Organization (WHO) الطاعون حقائق رئيسية إن الطاعون مرض تسببه بكتيريا حيوانية المنشأ تدعى اليرسنية الطاعونية وتوجد عادة لدى صغار الثدييات والبراغيث المعتمدة عليها تظهر غالباً على الأشخاص المصابين بعدوى اليرسنية الطاعونية أعراض المرض
Plague - Madagascar - World Health Organization (WHO) Plague is endemic in Madagascar and outbreaks occur regularly, although every outbreak is cause for concern Furthermore, pneumonic plague is a notifiable disease under the International Health Regulations 2005
Peste - World Health Organization (WHO) La peste est une maladie infectieuse qui touche certains petits mammifères et leurs puces Les personnes peuvent contracter la peste par piqûres de puces infectées et développer la forme bubonique de cette maladie Parfois, la peste bubonique progresse vers une peste pulmonaire, quand les bactéries atteignent les poumons La peste peut se transmettre d’une personne à l’autre par l
Manual for plague surveillance, diagnosis, prevention and control Plague has caused millions of deaths in pandemics over the past 2,500 years Re-emerging in several countries during the 1990s, it is now considered a public health emergency due to its high outbreak risk Plague is an acute bacterial infection caused by *Yersinia pestis*, with high mortality rates even though effective treatments exist, as outbreaks often occur in remote areas where diagnosis
Plague: enhancing country readiness To strengthen the readiness and response capacity of those countries at risk from major epidemic-prone diseases such as plague, WHO provides international technical expertise when the potential consequences of an outbreak require external support It also ensures the availability of those laboratory and drug supplies required for effective outbreak containment and helps to develop rapid