| 21. | She pulls up an image on a computer screen showing a distinct pneumonic streak.
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| 22. | Residents hold onto supplies of tetracycline, the antibiotic that cures the pneumonic plague.
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| 23. | There is no vaccine to prevent pneumonic plague.
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| 24. | Four deaths from pneumonic plague had been confirmed prior to Saturday's announcement.
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| 25. | In February, pneumonic plague killed six people, and a dozen were hospitalized.
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| 26. | Aerosolized pneumonic plague remains the most significant threat.
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| 27. | Untreated pneumonic plague is generally fatal, but prompt treatment can be life-saving.
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| 28. | She said this made it less likely that any of the patients had pneumonic plague.
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| 29. | But other doctors say a negative sputum test does not necessarily rule out pneumonic plague.
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| 30. | Pneumonic plague is passed in contaminated sputum.
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