Dogs Allowed Suddenly Dead, Apparently Men's Got Pneumonia

More recently, a man from Colorado, United States diagnosed with pneumonic plague with most types of rare and life-threatening. According to local officials, the case is the first case of pneumonia that occurs in humans during the last 10 years.

Quoted by Reuters on Thursday (07/10/2014), unidentified man who is suspected of pneumonia after a family pet dog died suddenly. According pernyaatan Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the dog tested positive for pneumonia.

The man and his dog is believed to be infected with the disease in the eastern region of Colorado. Although until now there is no complete description of how the last condition of the patient. Based on the description of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the bacteria that cause these outbreaks are naturally present in the western part of the US and partly in the region of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.

"Plague is transmitted by fleas on rats and prairie dogs usually. When the infected animals die lice as carriers of the bacteria will find a new dwelling place," said one health official in Colorado.

The bacteria that cause pneumonia as well as the cause of bubonic plague, but the bacteria will infect the human lung. Symptoms include fever, headache, shortness of breath, cough, and pain in the neck Forms serious of these outbreaks can be transmitted from human to human through the sputum.

"Since 1957, 60 people have been identified pneumonia and nine people died. Although human-to-human transmission is rare, this outbreak has the potential to be worse. If not detected early and treated with antibiotics, will generally life-threatening," said health officials the.