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pneumonic plague

noun

Pathology.
  1. a form of plague characterized by lung involvement.


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Origin of pneumonic plague1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Four other cases were reported in November, including two of pneumonic plague, a deadlier variant.

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It followed four reported cases of plague in people there last November, including two of pneumonic plague, a deadlier variant.

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Sunday’s warning follows four reported cases of plague in people from Inner Mongolia last November, including two of pneumonic plague, a deadlier variant of plague.

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The cause was taken up by Wu Lien-teh, a Chinese doctor from British Malaya, who is often credited with saving many lives during the 1910 outbreak of pneumonic plague in northeastern China.

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In 1910, when a contagious pneumonic plague was ravaging northeastern China, a physician there concluded that the disease traveled through the air.

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