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Plague is a bacterial disease that can occur in several forms, including pneumonic plague, the most contagious type, which can spread through respiratory droplets.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Respiratory droplets containing Yersinia pestis are heavy and drop to surfaces quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Pneumonic plague is also highly contagious and can spread from person to person via air droplets.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
In laboratory experiments, the researchers found that RNA began forming droplets at temperatures about 10 degrees Celsius lower than the corresponding DNA.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Outside the windows of O’Hare International Airport, the sky was painted a particular shade of gray and leaving droplets of water on the large glass windows that looked out onto the airstrip.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
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