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News & Views: Small Plague Outbreak In People Tracked To Pit Bull
Posted on May 15, 2015 by Katherine Malanson | Categories: ID Lesson1-2, ID Unit1, Infectious Disease | | Add comment |

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A woman who caught pneumonic plague in Colorado last summer likely contracted it from her friend or his dog. Antibiotics limited the outbreak to four people and cured them.

Read more at NPR.org.