Bubonic plague is contagious to others.
Bubonic plague is a legally recognized Class A infectious disease in China. Plague can be transmitted between animals and people, such as rat flea bites; it can also be transmitted by direct contact through hunting, meat eating, skinning, etc.; patients with pneumonic plague can also form bacterial particles and aerosols through respiratory secretions, which can lead to human-to-human transmission.
Plague transmission can also occur when laboratory workers are not properly protected. Infection with plague is usually associated with chills, high fever, and severe headache, sometimes accompanied by central vomiting, shortness of breath, and tachycardia. Bubonic plague is a virulent infectious disease that requires active treatment.
The condition of plague patients develops rapidly, and they need to go to the hospital in time after infection.