pestis

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ID 737120 Last modified 13.02.2019

Domain pathologytypes of illnessinfectious diseases - bacteriology - virology

katk

plague

pestis

rottidelt, oravatelt jm. närilistelt rotikirpude vahendusel inimesele leviv, bakteri Yersinia pestis tekitatud infektsioonhaigus, mis põhjustas keskajal (Eestis veel XVIII sajandil) hävitavaid epideemiaid ja tänapäeval esineb piirkonniti endeemsena

a very severe, acute, and epidemic infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which is found in rodents and their fleas, and is transmissible to humans

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... eriti ohtlik nakkushaigus – suure nakatuvusega haigus, mis levib kiiresti ja ulatuslikult või mille kulg on raske või eluohtlik. Käesoleva seaduse tähenduses on eriti ohtlikud nakkushaigused katk, koolera, kollapalavik, viiruslikud hemorraagilised palavikud ja tuberkuloos;
Jaotis A20 Katk Pestis Plague

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Plague can be treated successfully if it is caught early; the mortality rate for treated disease is 1-15% but 40-60% in untreated cases. Untreated pneumonic plague is almost always fatal, however, and the chances of survival are very low unless specific antibiotic treatment is started within 15-18 hours after symptoms appear. ... Septicemic plague has a mortality rate of 40% in treated cases and 100% in untreated cases.
Plague was the cause of some of the most-devastating epidemics in history.

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