Peru Black plague outbreak kills 1, infects at least 31
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Pastor Dale Morgan
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Peru Black plague outbreak kills 1, infects at least 31
The Associated Press
Monday, August 2, 2010; 6:16 PM
LIMA, Peru -- Peru's health minister says an outbreak of the Black plague has killed a 14-year-old boy and infected at least 31 people in a northern coastal province.
Health Minister Oscar Ugarte says authorities are screening sugar and fish meal exports from Ascope province, which is south of the city of Trujillo and home of the popular Chicama beach.
He says the boy, who had Down syndrome, died of bubonic plague July 26.
Ugarte said Monday that most of the infections are bubonic plague, with four cases of pneumonic plague. The former is transmitted by flea bites, the latter by airborne contagion. The disease is curable if treated early with antibiotics.
The first recorded plague outbreak in Peru was in 1903. The last, in 1994, killed 35 people.
Peru Black plague outbreak kills 1, infects at least 31
The Associated Press
Monday, August 2, 2010; 6:16 PM
LIMA, Peru -- Peru's health minister says an outbreak of the Black plague has killed a 14-year-old boy and infected at least 31 people in a northern coastal province.
Health Minister Oscar Ugarte says authorities are screening sugar and fish meal exports from Ascope province, which is south of the city of Trujillo and home of the popular Chicama beach.
He says the boy, who had Down syndrome, died of bubonic plague July 26.
Ugarte said Monday that most of the infections are bubonic plague, with four cases of pneumonic plague. The former is transmitted by flea bites, the latter by airborne contagion. The disease is curable if treated early with antibiotics.
The first recorded plague outbreak in Peru was in 1903. The last, in 1994, killed 35 people.
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