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Aug 2014

Outbreak starts

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A man shows symptoms as an outbreak of a plague is found in a small Soamahatamana village in Madagascar. WHO national task force:

The plague is a disease carried by rodents and spread by fleas. Humans are most often infected when they are bitten by fleas, causing swelling of the lymph nodes and sometimes pneumonia.

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