The village of Mandritsara, where 20 people recently died from bubonic plague. (Flickr / Peter Stephens )
To most, the plague is a thing of the past — a relic from the Middle Ages, when the disease known as the Black Death wiped out a third of Europe's population. Yet despite being wiped out across much of the globe, it's still very much a reality in parts of Madagascar, where one of the worst outbreaks in recent memory has left dozens dead.
Last week, government officials announced that 39 people have died this fall from pneumonic plague — a rare and extremely deadly strain of the illness that affects the respiratory system. According to Madagascar’s health ministry, pneumonic plague can kill a patient within three days of...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/19/5223348/bubonic-plague-outbreak-in-madagascar-leaves-dozens-dead
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