41. But while the use of masks is prudent, they are no guarantee against contracting pneumonic plague . 42. Provincial health authorities in Qinghai and central government have been concerned about pneumonic plague for some years. 43. Pneumonic plague is passed in contaminated sputum.44. Pneumonic plague broke out in Surat, India, last month and spread to other areas of the country.45. When the bacteria spread to the lungs the disease is called pneumonic plague and is swiftly fatal. 46. Bubonic plague affects the lymph nodes, septicemic plague affects the blood and pneumonic plague affects the lungs. 47. Pneumonic plague can be very, very scary.48. Other symptom patterns of the bubonic plague, such as septicemic plague and pneumonic plague were also present. 49. The epidemic that struck northwest India last year was the pneumonic plague , a government-appointed group said Tuesday. 50. Pneumonic plague killed 58 people, most of them in Surat, a bustling industrial center in western India.
