1.   Plague victims were buried in a mass grave.

2.   Yet the final image of him working with plague victims transforms him into a heroic character.

3.   Biological weapons date back to the Middle Ages, when soldiers catapulted bodies of plague victims into enemy castles hoping to infect those inside.

4.   Relatives of plague victims bring the coffin to the studio, remove the corpse and prop it up as if it were simply asleep.

5.   Generally, those in contact with a pneumonic plague victim are also treated with antibiotics.

6.   And PTI said a further five suspected pneumonic plague victims had been hospitalized in Aurangabad, in Maharashtra state, which borders Gujarat.

7.   Any risk of disease was confined to close contact with suspected or confirmed plague victims.

8.   Yet the state of Maharashtra, adjoining Gujarat, reported its first plague victim Monday.

9.   Medical officers at British airports began disinfecting aircraft landing from India and checking for suspected plague victims.