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May 6, 2024 · 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. It reached southern England in 1348 and northern Britain and Scandinavia by 1350.
- Effects and Significance
The population in England in 1400 was perhaps half what it...
- Cause and Outbreak
Black Death - Bubonic Plague, Europe, 1347: The plague...
- Key Facts
The Black Death was thought to be a combination of two...
- Yersinia Pestis
Yersinia pestis, bacterium in the family Yersiniaceae (order...
- How Did The Black Death Affect Europe
The effects of the Black Death were many and varied. Trade...
- Facts & Related Content
Black Death, pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347 and...
- European History Quiz
The Black Death is widely believed to have been the result...
- Effects and Significance
The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353. One of the most fatal pandemics in human history, as many as 50 million people [2] perished, perhaps 50% of Europe's 14th century population. [3] Bubonic plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and spread by fleas.
- 1346–1353
- Bubonic plague
- 75,000,000–200,000,000 (estimated)
The bacterium that causes the bubonic plague is called yersinia pestis. It can survive in rodent populations and is spread to other mammals, including humans, through flea bites. The point of origin for the Black Death was most likely a population of marmots—small, prairie-dog like rodents—in Central Asia.
Bubonic plague is mainly spread by infected fleas from small animals. [1] It may also result from exposure to the body fluids from a dead plague-infected animal. [6] Mammals such as rabbits, hares, and some cat species are susceptible to bubonic plague, and typically die upon contraction. [7]
- 10% mortality with treatment, 30–90% if untreated
Jul 6, 2020 · Transmission also occurs by handling tissue or blood from a plague-infected animal, or inhalation of infected droplets. Bubonic plague, the disease's most common form,...
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Apr 25, 2019 · Bubonic plague is a highly infectious disease spread by fleas that bite their hosts (usually rats and humans) and introduce the bacteria that cause the disease into their hosts’s bodies. Infectious diseases like the bubonic plague that spread rapidly among a community or region within a short period of time are called epidemics.
Apr 23, 2020 · Contagious Fleas Leave Rodent Hosts for Humans. VCG Wilson/Corbis/Getty Images. A couple suffering from the blisters of the Black Death, the bubonic plague that swept through Europe in the...
