Eating raw marmot kidneys caused black death of couple in Mongolia, official confirms
A couple who died of the bubonic plague ate raw marmot meat and kidneys before they died, according to an official.
Between 1989 to 1997, 69 cases of bubonic plague were recorded in Mongolia. 22 of those individuals died, Ochirpurev said. One case was reported in 2017, but the patient did not die. Sebastian Pique, a volunteer with the U.S. Peace Corps who lives in the region, told AFP:"After the quarantine [was announced] not many people, even locals, were in the streets for fear of catching the disease.”
There are three types of the plague: bubonic, septicaemic and pneumonic. Each denotes how the disease is passed on. If left untreated, the plague can be deadly—particularly the pneumonic and septicaemic forms. Treatments include taking antibiotics to kill the bacteria.
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