Posted on 08/27/2013 9:07:47 PM PDT by TexGrill
BISHKEK, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- A teenage boy has died of bubonic plague in the Issyk-Kul region in northern Kyrgyzstan, the country's Health Ministry said on Monday.
The 15-year-old Temir Isakunov fell ill on Aug. 17, when doctors at that time failed to make correct diagnosis, and they suspected he was infected with the plague only after his death.
A panel of doctors confirmed that Isakunov died of bubonic plague after they made a second diagnosis on Sunday.
The Health Ministry said the boy was infected with the plague after being bitten by fleas.
Some 102 people were found to have been in contact with the boy over the last few days. All of them have been quarantined and are receiving preventive treatment, according to the ministry.
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Note to self: Cancel Kyrgyzstan trip.
Medically speaking, do we have a cure for bubonic plague? Fleas travel well on airliners.
The plague.....A very nice cure for Mooselums.
For the want of a little Doxycycline.
Yeah. It bugs me how smug they look in the First Class seats.
LOL! Good one.
I was wondering how any pathogen survived the cooking process. Perhaps he got too close to the still-living critters?
No cooking process involved w/bubonic plague (fleas).
If someone dies from Kyrgystan does anyone care?
You can get plague right here in ‘Merika.
Heck, you can get rabbit fever in the Central Valley, even Arizona and New Mexico.
You live on this rock you take yer chances...
There is a vaccine, but I don’t know whether or not it’s available for civilians.
Typically the “Buboes” should be a big hint.
Good point, and the reason I order prairie dog "well done" when in Colorado.
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