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Center for Biologic Counterterrorism
and Emerging Diseases CBC-ED

MedStar Health Group Washington, DC Cloud Updated Tuesday, May 21, 2013 19:15 EST

Craig Feied, MD, FACEP, FAAEM Jon Handler, MD, FACEP Michael Gillam, MD

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Plague
	GlobalSubnationalMaster 20090505 0800[1] [5/10/2009]
	Yersinia 06 [2/11/2009]
	Yersinia 05 [2/11/2009]
	Green yersinia This is a green picture of yersinia pestis. [2/11/2009]
	yersinia in peripheral blood smear The "safety pin" shape is typical of Yersinia pestis, the plague bacterium. Notice the small size of the bacteria relative to peripheral white blood cells. [2/11/2009]
	yersinia fluorescent antibody test This is a positive fluorescent antibody screen for Yersinia pestis, the plague bacterium. The classic "safety pin" shape of the bacteria can be observed even in this modality. [2/11/2009]
	xenopsylla cheopsis - oriental rat flea 02 The oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) is the primary vector of yersinia pestis (plague) in most large plague epidemics in Asia, Africa, and South America. This photo shows a large male, engorged with blood. [2/11/2009]
	Yersina 03 [2/11/2009]
	World Plague Map [2/11/2009]
	US Plague Map [2/11/2009]
	Septicemic Plague Blood Culture Stain [2/11/2009]
	Pneumonic Plague [2/11/2009]
	Plague1 [2/11/2009]
	Plague Map [2/11/2009]
	Bubos in plague These bubos (massively swollen lymph nodes) are characteristic of yersinia pestis, the etiologic agent of bubonic plague. The more lethal form of the disease is pneumonic. [2/11/2009]
	2005 02 18 WHO Plague Congo [2/11/2009]
	Ulcerated Cervical Lymph Node [1/3/2008]
	Plague Gangreneous Foot [1/3/2008]
	Plague Smear Bubonic Plague smear demonstrating the presence of Yersinia pestis bacteria. Bipolar staining of a plague smear prepared from lymph aspirated from an adenopathic lymph node, or bubo, of plague patient. CDC PHIL [1/2/2008]
	Plague Skin Hemorrhages Seen here are small hemorrhages on the skin of a plague victim. Capillary fragility is one of the manifestations of a plague infection, evident here on the leg of an infected patient. CDC PHIL [1/2/2008]
	Axillary Bubo An axillary bubo and edema exhibited by a plague patient. CDC PHIL [1/2/2008]

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