| 41. | Soviet scientists had assigned a so-called contagion index of nearly one to pneumonic plague.
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| 42. | Methods for diagnosing botulism, viral hemorrhagic fever, pneumonic plague and smallpox are similarly described.
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| 43. | In extremely rare cases, bubonic plague can transform into pneumonic plague, a contagious form.
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| 44. | But while the use of masks is prudent, they are no guarantee against contracting pneumonic plague.
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| 45. | Virtually all the deaths were attributed to pneumonic plague, a highly contagious form of the disease.
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| 46. | When the bacteria spread to the lungs the disease is called pneumonic plague and is swiftly fatal.
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| 47. | Unlike older vaccines, the new vaccine has already proven effective against pneumonic plague in animal models.
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| 48. | 1994-A pneumonic plague epidemic breaks out in Surat, an industrial city in western India.
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| 49. | The pneumonic form affects the lungs and leads to a quick death if not treated with antibiotics.
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| 50. | In February, pneumonic plague killed six people in the northern state and a dozen were hospitalized.
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