Madagascar was faced with bubonic plague

The outbreak of bubonic plague in Madagascar It has already led to 47 victims, and the disease slowly approaching the island's capital. AT Antananarivo infected two people, one of them has died.

Madagascar

On the remote island of Madagascar flash notes bubonic plague . which killed nearly 50 people. According to local doctors, the disease could hit the 138 residents of the island since the beginning of this year. It has been compared to Black Death - the plague that raged in medieval Europe. The Ministry of Health of Madagascar stated that its employees disinfected 200 homes this month. People who come into contact infected with the plague, was given antibiotics to suspend spread the terrible disease.

Madagascar

First signs bubonic plague   officially registered in Madagascar representatives of the World Organization Health in August this year. The plague spread through fleas often it affects all rats, but people can also get in touch with this disease, if their infection-carrying fleas bite.

Bubonic plague is the form swelling of the lymph nodes, but it is well to treatment with antibiotics. Pneumonic plague is spread from person to person through coughing, is the most lethal form of the disease which is capable of killing his victim within 24 hours. The situation in Madagascar is still causing serious concerns due to the high level of resistance to insecticides local flea as WHO experts said.

Most all victims of the disease are becoming poorer inhabitants of the island who live in quite bad in terms of health conditions, often in contact with fleas and rats, which greatly increases the risk of infections. On this island, periodically observed outbreaks of plague and the situation often deteriorates October to March. The last epidemic was recorded in the capital ten years ago, but experts believe that the plague could have saved all those in Antananarivo years without affecting humans and circulated among the rats. (READ MORE)

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