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Plague Learning Center
Prevention could include:
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Rodent Control
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Yersinia pestis Vaccine
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Avoid Contact with Infected Pets
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Rat control and surveillance of the disease in the wild rodent population are the main measures used to control the risk of epidemics. A vaccination is available for high-risk workers, but its effectiveness is not clearly established.
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Anyone who has come in contact with a plague pneumonia victim should be given antibiotics , since untreated pneumonic plague patients can pass on their illness to close contacts throughout the course of the illness. All plague patients should be i...
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