Plague -- Madagascar
Even for Madagascar, this is no ordinary bubonic plague outbreak. The African nation has the world's highest incidence of the bacterial infection that earned the grim name "The Black Death" after it killed an estimated 50 million people in the 14th century. The rat- and flea-borne illness hits the island nation every year from about December to April.
But 2017 is different, says the WHO's Dr. Eric Bertherat. This latest outbreak has popped up in a completely new area. The mountainous area
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2jQyrLn
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