The plague needs putting under the spotlight

The plague's ability to cause disease and capacity for rapid spread mean it should be taken far more seriously.

Writing in PLoS Medicine, Nils Chr. Stenseth and colleagues warn that the disease remains a threat, particularly in Africa. More than 90 per cent of cases and deaths in the last five years occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda.

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