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Researchers trace roots of deadly plague

Researchers trace roots of deadly plague

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Researchers trace roots of deadly plague

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Researchers trace roots of deadly plague

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McLean: USA Today, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc

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Gannett News Service, 2011

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McLean: USA Today, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc

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The good news is that "we have very good medical facilities ... that can deal with this much better than they could in 1348," [Hendrik Poinar] says. Though the plague still exists today, killing an estimated 3,000 people a year mostly in the developing world, it is easily treated with antibiotics, Poinar says. That's the finding of researchers who...

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