Mammals such as rabbits, hares, and some cat species are susceptible to bubonic plague, and typically die upon contraction. It may also result from exposure to the body fluids from a dead plague-infected animal.
Bubonic plague is mainly spread by infected fleas from small animals. The three types of plague are the result of the route of infection: bubonic plague, septicemic plague, and pneumonic plague.
Occasionally, swollen lymph nodes, known as ' buboes', may break open. Acral necrosis, the dark discoloration of skin, is another symptom.
These symptoms include fever, headaches, and vomiting, as well as swollen and painful lymph nodes occurring in the area closest to where the bacteria entered the skin. One to seven days after exposure to the bacteria, flu-like symptoms develop. A bubo on the upper thigh of a person infected with bubonic plagueįever, headaches, vomiting, swollen lymph nodes įinding the bacterium in the blood, sputum, or lymph nodes Īntibiotics such as streptomycin, gentamicin, or doxycycline īubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
