Which of the following is NOT true about human plague (Yersinia pestis infection)? In the US, most cases are primary pneumonic plague, with direct respiratory transmission from person to person The reservoir for human Y. pestis infection is rodents, such as rats or wild rodents like ground squirrels and prairie dogs None of the other four answers (all are true about human plague) Infected fleas' gastrointestinal tract is blocked by Y. pestis growth, causing them to regurgitate and infect a new host when they bite Painful swollen lymph nodes are called "buboes", which is the origin of the name "bubonic plague" 100000

Which of the following is NOT true about human plague (Yersinia pestis infection)? In the US, most cases are primary pneumonic plague, with direct respiratory transmission from person to person The reservoir for human Y. pestis infection is rodents, such as rats or wild rodents like ground squirrels and prairie dogs None of the other four answers (all are true about human plague) Infected fleas' gastrointestinal tract is blocked by Y. pestis growth, causing them to regurgitate and infect a new host when they bite Painful swollen lymph nodes are called "buboes", which is the origin of the name "bubonic plague" 100000

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The bubo of bubonic plague is a/ana. ulcer where the flea bite occurredb. granuloma in the skinc. enlarged lymph noded. infected sebaceous gland
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