| 1 | The authors point out that the plague is extraordinarily adaptable. | |
| 2 | Pneumonic plague, an infection in the lungs, is a rare but deadly form of plague. | |
| 3 | The plague is fairly easy to suppress with antibiotics and pesticides. | |
| 4 | Specimens should be collected and forwarded to laboratories for plague testing. | |
| 5 | Today the distribution of plague coincides with the geographical distribution of its natural foci. |