Plague Survivors Are Back in Hospital

1. Plague Survivors Are Back in Hospital In November 2002 they began feeling queasy. Two days later, their illness was diagnosed as bubonic plague, apparently contracted through flea bites. They were possibly the first cases of bubonic plague in 100 years. Plague occurs naturally in the southwestern states, where there have been rare cases of transmission by wood rats and fleas. In November 2002, Dr. Silane said, he would not survive his brush with what was once known as the Black Death, which has killed about 30 million people.

2. Plague Survivors Are Back in Hospital, This Time to Say Thanks In November 2002, Mr. Tull and Ms. Marker of New Mexico were visiting New York when they began feeling queasy. Two days later, their illness was diagnosed as bubonic plague, apparently contracted through flea bites on their five-acre ranch outside Santa Fe. They were possibly the first cases of bubonic plague in 100 years. Plague occurs naturally in the southwestern states, where there have been rare cases of transmission by wood rats and fleas. In November 2002, Dr. Silane said, he would not have predicted that Mr Tull would survive his brush with what was once known as the Black Death, which has killed about 30 million people. Source: New York Times 11/2/04