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What is pneumonic plague and how dangerous is it?

What is pneumonic plague and how dangerous is it?
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A 28-year-old lab researcher at a Russian institute dedicated to studying plague and dangerous pathogens died of pneumonia of an “unknown” origin. The Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute operates in Siberia, where several other people are quarantined. Rospotrebn...

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