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Return of the plague?

August 6, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — China locked down a remote farming town after three people died and 10 more were sickened with pneumonic plague, a lung infection that can kill a human in 24 hours if untreated.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2008, Africa, Asia, Black Death, China, Chinese, Crystal Alley Market, Disease Control, Eastern Europe, Health Ministry, Middle Ages, Mongolia, Vivian Tran, WHO, vol 28 no 33 | August 8 - August 14

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