ТАРВАГАН ТАХАЛ- PLAGUE

АНАГААХ 309 Т.ТОЛХЫН

 KEY WORD

Plague
Yersinia pestis
Definition
Treatment
Prevention
Diagnosis
Prevention
Vaccination
 DEFINITION
• PLAGUE IS AN INFECTIOUS
DISEASE CAUSED BY
THE BACTERIUM YERSINIA PESTIS. IN
THE SHORT TERM, MANY PEOPLE GET
SICK AND ARE DIAGNOSED WITH A
SERIOUS ILLNESS IN THE EVENT OF AN
EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
FAILURE. PLAGUE IS A BACTERIAL
DISEASE OF RODENTS AND IS
GENERALLY TRANSMITTED TO HUMANS
THROUGH THE BITES OF INFECTED
FLEAS BUT CAN ALSO BE TRANSMITTED
BY DIRECT CONTACT WITH INFECTED
ANIMALS INCLUDING RODENTS,
WILDLIFE AND PETS.
 YERSINIA PESTIS
• YERSINIA IS A GENUS OF BACTERIA IN THE
FAMILY YERSINIACEAE. YERSINIA SPECIES
ARE GRAM-NEGATIVE,
COCCOBACILLI BACTERIA, A FEW
MICROMETERS LONG AND FRACTIONS OF
A MICROMETER IN DIAMETER, AND
ARE FACULTATIVE ANAEROBES. SOME
MEMBERS OF YERSINIA ARE PATHOGENIC
IN HUMANS; IN PARTICULAR,
Y. PESTIS IS THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF
THE PLAGUE. DURING PLAGUE EPIZOOTICS,
TRANSMISSION OCCURS THROUGH FLEA
VECTORS WITHIN META-POPULATIONS OF
GROUND-DWELLING RODENTS.