Love Him, Hate His Politics: How a Liberal/Conservative Romance Endures. Hiroko Masuike. This November fifth, like every Election Day for the last three decades, I'll show up faithfully at my polling place rain or shine, even if there's another Hurricane Sandy in New York City.
Bubonic plague: In this form of the infection, bacteria infiltrate the lymph nodes, causing enlarged, painful, tender lymph nodes called buboes. Accompanying symptoms are fever, chills, headaches, and weakness. If not treated, the infection can spread to other areas of the body.verview. Plague is an infectious disease caused by bacteria called Yersinia pestis. These bacteria are found mainly in rodents, particularly rats, and in the fleas that feed on them. Other animals and humans usually contract the bacteria from rodent or flea bites.
1 Clinical criteria were used for identifying plague cases because of limited laboratory capacity. 2  Among the 102 patients with documented symptoms, 90 (88%) had bubonic plague and 12 (12%) had pneumonic plague. 3  Case-fatality rates were 10% and 92% for the bubonic and pneumonic forms, respectively.