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What should i do to avoid the pneumonic plague?
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Pneumonic plague: Can be acquired two days: by being coughed upon by someone who has pneumonic plague ( this is called primary) or by bloodstream spread from the bubonic focus to the lung. Avoidance consists of not being in areas endemic for Y. pestis.
Answered 11/19/2014
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