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Friday, August 30, 2002Worldwide, on average in the last 50 years, 1700 cases have been reported annually. In the United States, 390 cases of plague were reported from 1947 to 1996, 84% of which were bubonic, 13% septicemic, and 2% pneumonic. Concomitant case fatality rates were 14%, 22%, and 57%, respectively. Most US cases were in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and California. Of the 15 cases following exposure to domestic cats with plague, 4 were primary pneumonic plague. In the United States, the last case of human-to-human transmission of plague occurred in Los Angeles in 1924. posted by Sydney on 8/30/2002 10:14:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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