Reposted by Tina Saey
We need to be careful calling the situation in Siberia a "plague outbreak".
"the woman was diagnosed with 'pneumonia of unknown etiology,' or origin, and...'extensive' testing found 'no microorganisms associated with the patient’s professional activities.'"
apnews.com/article/russ...
apnews.com
Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died
Russian authorities say a staffer at a plague research institute in Siberia contracted pneumonia of an unknown cause, and local state TV reported the woman died last week.
