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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A suspected case of Bubonic plague has been detected in which nation?
A
Japan
B
Germany
C
Brazil
D
China
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bubonic plague: Case found in China’s Inner Mongolia | CNN.

Detailed explanation-2: -China reports one human infection of bubonic plague in northwestern region of Ningxia. BEIJING, July 19 (Reuters)-The northwestern Chinese region of Ningxia reported one human infection of plague, state television said late on Tuesday.

Detailed explanation-3: -The three most endemic countries are the Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, and Peru. In Madagascar cases of bubonic plague are reported nearly every year, during the epidemic season (between September and April).

Detailed explanation-4: -There have been a handful of large outbreaks since. It killed about a fifth of London’s population during the Great Plague of 1665, while more than 12 million died in outbreaks during the 19th Century in China and India. Why hasn’t the US eradicated the plague?

Detailed explanation-5: -The plague that caused the Black Death originated in China in the early to mid-1300s and spread along trade routes westward to the Mediterranean and northern Africa.

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