How to Use pneumonic in a Sentence
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Two-thirds of the cases are the pneumonic form of the disease, which can spread from person to person.
—Angela Helm, The Root, 25 Oct. 2017
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The pneumonic plague is more deadly than the bubonic plague, which is rarely spread from person to person.
—Michael Brice-Saddler, chicagotribune.com, 15 Nov. 2019
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Thousands were killed by pneumonic plague, the most severe strand.
—Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 23 Nov. 2019
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The findings change how researchers think about pneumonic plague.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2015
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People all over the island are spooked by the deadly and fast-spreading pneumonic version of the disease.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2017
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By late last month, cases of pneumonic plague were popping up in 20 districts across the country, including the far north and the west coast.
—Robyn Dixon, latimes.com, 13 Oct. 2017
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The majority of cases, 67%, were the pneumonic form of the disease, which can spread from person to person.
—Meera Senthilingam, CNN, 25 Oct. 2017
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But about two-thirds of cases have been attributed to the more severe pneumonic plague, which has killed 21 people.
—Casey Quackenbush, Time, 6 Oct. 2017
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The first suspect was China, where pneumonic plague had erupted on the Manchurian border in 1910.
—Edward Kosner, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2017
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Most of the people infected in the current outbreak in Madagascar have the pneumonic form.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2017
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Untreated bubonic or septicemic plague can develop in the pneumonic plague, which spreads to the lungs.
—Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2020
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Media: WochIt Media There are two types of plagues affecting the area now, bubonic plague and pneumonic plague.
—Heather Leighton, Houston Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2017
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There are three different types of plague: b ubonic, septicemic and pneumonic.
—Alexandra Sifferlin, Time, 28 June 2017
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But far more dangerous and deadly is the pneumonic form, which infects the lungs and which can be spread person to person directly, rather than via flea bites.
—Maggie Fox, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2017
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In the medieval world both septicemic and pneumonic plague had a 100 percent mortality rate.
—National Geographic, 23 Apr. 2020
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This case comes after two people were diagnosed with pneumonic plague in Xilingol last week.
—Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2019
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Cases of the pneumonic plague appeared in major rail termini -- Tianjin, Beijing and along the Beijing to Wuhan railway.
—Paul French, CNN, 18 Apr. 2020
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Two people are being treated for the pneumonic plague in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia.
—Tim Darnell, ajc, 15 Nov. 2019
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The epidemic remains active in 12 districts, and among the total cases reported, 61% are said to be the pneumonic plague, according to the UN office.
—Victoria Larned, CNN, 3 Nov. 2017
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There are three main types of plague in humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: bubonic plague, pneumonic plague and septicemic plague.
—Liam Stack, New York Times, 27 June 2017
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If bacteria also infect the bloodstream (called septicemic plague) or the lungs (called pneumonic plague), organ failure and death can occur if it’s not treated right away.
—Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 13 June 2018
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If untreated, bubonic and pneumonic plague can progress to septicemic plague, infecting the bloodstream.
—Jenny Howard, National Geographic, 20 Aug. 2019
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Pneumonic plague causes a rapid and severe form of pneumonia that can lead to respiratory failure and shock.
—Liam Stack, New York Times, 27 June 2017
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Due to concerns about pneumonic plague, which can cause severe lung infections, camping had been canceled and on-site parking had been severely curtailed.
—The Know, The Denver Post, 2 Sep. 2019
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That would only happen through close proximity to someone suffering from the variation of the disease known as pneumonic plague.
—Anna Gunther, CBS News, 13 June 2018
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In China, health officials have reported a rare outbreak of pneumonic plague after two cases were confirmed this week in Beijing.
—NBC News, 14 Nov. 2019
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If this happens out in regular ecosystems, people reasoned that maybe bacteria-killing viruses would also work in a pneumonic lung.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 July 2018
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But the disease can lead to quick death if the bacteria infect the respiratory system or bloodstream in rarer conditions known as pneumonic and septicemic plague.
—Gerry Shih, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2020
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But international spread is not a big threat, because pneumonic plague shows up quickly after someone is exposed to the bacteria.
—Maggie Fox, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2017
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Most recovered, but about 5% died of lung complications that reminded their medical officers of the pneumonic form of plague.
—William F. Bynum, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2019
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