Word: pasteurella
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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...plague-the same Black Death that swept over Europe in the 14th Century, killing a fourth of the population. This case occurred in California last month. The boy caught the disease from fleas which carried the plague bacilli (Pasteurella pestis) from sick squirrels. No effective treatment for plague is known, and the boy died in three days...