In bubonic plague, buboes are swellings formed in the lymph nodes and filled with

A) Yersinia pestis.
B) Rickettsia prowazekii.
C) Xenopsylla cheopis.
D) Clostridium tetani.


Answer: A

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a. true b. false

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