A herdsman of inner Magnolia in the Chinese region found infected with Bubonic plague, health officials said.
The patient was suspected with infection on Saturday and was confirmed with the lymph node Bubonic plague the following day. He is currently in the local hospital and is in a stable condition.
Bubonic plague is a rare but serious bacterial infection that is transmitted by fleas. It is caused by the bacterial Yersinia pestis. Y. pestis spreads via infected fleas or animals, like rodents, squirrels, or hares, which can be passed into humans who are bit or scratched.
The plague diagnosis comes about a week after the Chinese government announced two other people had contracted pneumonic plague in Beijing
People may experience:
Pain areas: in the abdomen or muscles
Cough: can be with blood
Whole body: fever, chills, fatigue, or malaise
Gastrointestinal: diarrhoea, nausea, or vomiting
Also common: bleeding, delirium, headache, phlegm, shortness of breath, or swollen and tender lymph node.
These antibiotics are used to cure Bubonic plague:
Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
Doxycycline (Vibramycin)
Gentamicin (Garamycin)
Levofloxacin (Levaquin)
The health committee of the city of Bayan Nur issued the third-level alert, the second lowest in a four-level system.
Chinese authorities are urging people to take extra precautions to keep down the risk of human-to-human transmission and to avoid hunting or eating animals that could cause infection. Bayannur authorities also warned the public to report findings of dead or sick Marmots
Cases in China are rare but not uncommon. From 2009 to 2018, 26 cases were reported and 11 people died.
Madagascar saw more than 300 cases during an outbreak in 2017. However, a study in medical journal The Lancet found less than 30 people died.
According to the World Health Organization, the plague is found in all continents except Oceania,
Without treatment, the plague can result in the death of 30% to 60% of the infected people.
The plague was the cause of the Black Death that swept through Asia, Europe and Africa in 14th century and killed about 50 million people. It is considered as the most destructive epidemic of human history.