<P> Prevention is through public health measures such as not handling dead animals in areas where plague is common . Vaccines have not been found to be very useful for plague prevention . Several antibiotics are effective for treatment including streptomycin , gentamicin , and doxycycline . Without treatment it results in the death of 30 % to 90 % of those infected . Death , if it occurs , is typically within ten days . With treatment the risk of death is around 10 % . Globally there are about 650 documented cases a year which result in ~ 120 deaths . The disease is most common in Africa . </P>
<P> Prevention is through public health measures such as not handling dead animals in areas where plague is common . Vaccines have not been found to be very useful for plague prevention . Several antibiotics are effective for treatment including streptomycin , gentamicin , and doxycycline . Without treatment it results in the death of 30 % to 90 % of those infected . Death , if it occurs , is typically within ten days . With treatment the risk of death is around 10 % . Globally there are about 650 documented cases a year which result in ~ 120 deaths . The disease is most common in Africa . </P>
what is the cure to the bubonic plague
what is the cure to the bubonic plague
antibiotics
antibiotics