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Yersinia pestis
What is the name of the germ that leads to the Plague?
Flea control your pets
What is a step you can take to avoid your pets transmitting the plague?
Gangrene
What are blood clots that can form in the tiny blood vessels of the fingers, toes, nose and ears?
What are antibiotics commonly used to treat the plague?
7
What is the average number of people diagnosed with the Plague within the US each year?
Bubonic plague
What type of the plague usually results from the bite of an infected flea, with an incubation period of 2 to 8 days?
Wear gloves
What is a step you can take while hunting to prevent transmission?
Meningitis
What is a rare reaction of the plague that may cause swelling and disease of the protective tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord?
The Emergency Operations Center
What is the location that the CDC and other federal agencies would coordinate activities through in the event of the Plague being used in biowarfare?
1900
What is the year that the Plague was first found in the United States?
Septicemic plague
What is the form of the plague that means the plague bacteria has entered the bloodstream.
DEET
What is the name of the repellent suggested by the EPA when working outside in high contagious areas?
The risk of death is high if treatment doesn't begin within 24 hours after symptoms start
What is Pneumonic plague?
The Laboratory Response Network
Where are samples tested in the event of suspected Y pestis use as biowarfare?
80%
What percentage of the cases reported in the USA are of the Bubonic Plague variety?
Pneumonic plague
What is it when the plague bacteria infects the lungs?
Veterinarians and Vet techs
What are unexpected careers that could put someone at risk for plague exposure?
This occupation type must wear protective masks, gowns, gloves and eyewear when they treat someone with pneumonic plague
Who are health care workers?
The Strategic National Stockpile
Where are supplies kept to treat the population in the event of a Y pestis "attack"?
1924 through 1925
When was the last urban plague epidemic in the United States that occurred in Los Angeles?
Pharyngeal plague
What is it called when the disease can settle into the tissues behind the nasal cavity and mouth?
Enzootic cycle
What is it called when the disease exists in the rodent population at lower levels that don't necessarily kill all the rodents and therefore act as "banks" of the bacteria?
Fluid from buboes
What is a fluid that can be used to confirm a diagnosis?
CDC
What is the name of the federal organization that will spearhead plague management in the event of Y pestis being used in biowarfare?
What are the two regions in the US where most human cases of the Plague in the United States have been acquired since 1925?