Question

A patient was admitted to the hospital suffering from the following symptoms for the past week: fever, chills and weakness, very swollen tender lymph nodes of bubo, and skin ulcerations. he states the ulcerations are exactly where very small insects bit him. which type of plague is responsible for the patient's symptoms

Answer 1

Bubonic plague........

Answer 2

The type of plague is responsible for the patient's symptoms is known as the Bubonic plague.

This type of plague are passed to animals as a result of their contact with

infected fleas which has the causative bacteria are usually found on rodents such as rats, mouse, etc.

Symptoms commonly associated with the plague include fever, chills and

weakness, very swollen tender lymph nodes of bubo, and skin ulcerations etc.