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==Differentiating Yersinia Pestis Infection from other Diseases==
==Differentiating Yersinia Pestis Infection from other Diseases==
Plague has different forms such as the pneumonic and the bubonic plague. Pneumonic plague can be transmitted from person to person; bubonic plague cannot. Pneumonic [[plague]] affects the [[lungs]] and is transmitted when a person breathes in Y. pestis particles in the air. Bubonic plague is transmitted through the bite of an infected flea or exposure to infected material through a break in the skin. Symptoms include swollen, tender [[lymph glands]] called buboes. Buboes are not present in pneumonic plague. If bubonic [[plague]] is not treated, however, the bacteria can spread through the bloodstream and infect the lungs, causing a secondary case of pneumonic plague.


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