Pneumonic Plague Symptoms Explained After Russian Scientist's Death
The outlet added that health authorities in Russia have taken precautionary measures in response to the woman’s death but had not confirmed she contracted the plague.Speaking to NBC News, former White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said more information and transparency was needed from Russia over the reported incident, but that if it represents an isolated case with no additional deaths "it will probably end there."Pneumonic Plague Symptoms ExplainedThe symptoms of plague depend on how a person is infected, according to the CDC. "The incubation period of septicemic plague is poorly defined but likely occurs within days of exposure," according to the CDC.Symptoms include fever, chills, extreme weakness, abdominal pain and shock, as well as possibly bleeding into the skin and other organs.
- ▪The outlet added that health authorities in Russia have taken precautionary measures in response to the woman’s death but had not confirmed she contracted the plague.Speaking to NBC News, former White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr.
- ▪Ashish Jha said more information and transparency was needed from Russia over the reported incident, but that if it represents an isolated case with no additional deaths "it will probably end there."Pneumonic Plague Symptoms ExplainedThe sy
- ▪"The incubation period of septicemic plague is poorly defined but likely occurs within days of exposure," according to the CDC.Symptoms include fever, chills, extreme weakness, abdominal pain and shock, as well as possibly bleeding into the
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By Joe EdwardsReporter0ShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.Federal guidance says symptoms of pneumonic plague can include a headache, fever and pneumonia, after a Russian lab worker reportedly died from a suspected case of the disease.Who Was Darya Shipilova?As Newsweek previously reported, Russian media sources said that a woman who worked for a plague research institute near Irkutsk in Siberia was hospitalized and died, after she told colleagues she had inadvertently broken a test tube with live bacteria while collecting samples.
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