Plague

Question 1

Reservoir and vector of plague

Answer 1

Reservoir: rats/rodents; Vector: fleas

Question 2

Microbiology of plague

Answer 2

Gram-negative, aerobic, virulent toxins and antigens

Question 3

Types of plague and what they infect

Answer 3

Bubonic (lymph nodes), Septicemic (blood), Pneumonic (lungs)

Question 4

Treatment for plague

Answer 4

Gentamicin, Streptomycin, broad-spectrum antibiotics