Is there preventive treatment?
Prophylactic antibiotic treatment for seven days will protect persons who have had face-to-face contact with infected patients.

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1. What is the plague?
2. How do people get plague?
3. What are the symptoms?
4. How is it transmitted?
5. Can the plague be treated?
6. Is there vaccine available to prevent the plague?
7. Is there preventive treatment?
8. How many cases of plague occur in the United States?
9. What is the mortality rate of the plague?