Posted: August 17th, 2017

Bubonic plague occurs

Bubonic plague occurs
a) after the organism enters through the skin.
Bubonic refers to enlarged lymph nodes that develop after the organism enters through the skin. Bubonic plague is the form seen most frequently, as the organism is transferred from rodents or other animals to humans by insect bite.
b) occurs after the organism is inhaled..
Pneumonic plague occurs after the organism is inhaled. Only pneumonic plague can be contagious from person to person by an airborne route.
c) occurs when the organism causes a bloodstream infection.
Septicemic plague occurs when the organism causes a bloodstream infection usually secondary to either pneumonic or bubonic, but sometimes without either entity.
d) after the organism is transferred by human to human contact.
Bubonic plague is the form seen most frequently, as the organism is transferred from rodents or other animals to humans by insect bite.