What is the mortality rate of the plague?
About 14% (one in seven) of all plague cases in the United States are fatal. For more information regarding the plague, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website.

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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?