Pneumonic plague

Yersinia petis, which better known as the plague, is caused by a gram-negative and rod-shaped coccobacillus bacteria. (Gram-negative meaning the bacteria does not contain the crystal violet stain involved in the gram staining test or process). The bacterium is also considered to be partially anaerobic, meaning it can function with oxygen but can also switch to a fermentation without oxygen. Yersinia petis function and survive through the lives and cycle of rodents and fleas, because of this,…

The Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, caused by a bacteria called Yersinia Pestis, ravaged the population of Europe in the middle ages. “Localized epidemics of bubonic plague occurred with relative frequency, but only twice did the plague affect a wide enough swath of the population to be labeled a pandemic, or widespread epidemic” (The Black Death Arrives). When it did, over half the population of Europe died from exposure to the plague. Europe was densely populated and living…

The Black Death was a pandemic that spread all throughout the world taking the lives of innocent people. We could have never predicted the effect it would have on our countries and villages. We could have never imagined that our family members would suffer so much, or how we were silently praying that the next victim wouldn’t be us. I still remember when the rumors started. No one knew what was killing their loved ones ,or how to treat it because they had never experienced something like this…

The plague epidemics of the 6th, 14th, and 17th century are commonly known as Justinian’s Plague, the Black Death, and the Plague of 1665, respectively. Yersinia pestis was the major source of the plague in all three epidemics. Modern DNA analysis studies showed that Y. pestis has a strong correlation with victims of the Black Death in the 14th century. However, although these modern studies show biologically that Yersinia pestis was the cause of the Black Death, many scientists are skeptical…

The bubonic plague is a disease that killed millions of Europeans in the 1300’s. There have been other outbreaks of the bubonic plague, but the European outbreak seems to be the most devastating and talked about. Most people probably don’t know the details on this disease, and it’s highly likely that today’s citizens do not worry about catching the bubonic plague. But, is a rapid plague outbreak something that people of today should worry about in the near future? I find this topic interesting…

The Bubonic Plague also known as “Black Death” because of its dark patches is a bacterial infection caused by infected fleas from small animals such as rats. The disease only takes about seven days to start feeling its symptoms. It killed about seventy five million people in Europe and more than sixty percent of its whole population. As more deaths occurred over the next several years the economy and livestock started decreasing and becoming more scarce. The outbreak cause much depression and…

The plague holds a unique place in history and has a tremendous influence on the development of modern civilizations. Scholars even speculated that the Roman Empire may have fallen since soldiers returning from the battle of the Persian Gulf were carriers of the plague. For quite some time, the plague has been a symbol of disaster for people living in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Not only that but since the cause of it is unknown, outbreaks contributed to massive panics where every it appeared.…

this infection called you may ask…. It’s called plague. Plague is a bacteria infection that is found in rodents fleas. There are many different types of rodents that could carry this infection like mice, chipmunks, and squirrels. But the most common carrier of plague is a rat. The rat has many different fleas that carry the bacteria. When a flea land on you (that is infected with plague) and bits you, the bacteria infection gets into your body. Plague is caused by the bacteria Yersinia Pestis…

Black Plague, the Bubonic Plague, The Plague, and Pestilence. The Black Plague occurred during 1348-1349 in Western Europe, but if you include Eastern Europe as well and it’s other more remote places then the years would be 1347-1351. According the article named The Black Death, Historians believe that 25%-50% of the entire population of Western Europe died in these two years. From the same article, other pestilences went through Europe and the Middle Ages, but what made the Black Plague so…

The Black Plague, According to Amanda Mabillard, “was the most feared illness of Shakespeare’s time” (Mabillard). Not only could the illness spread quickly, it left its victims in agony and had a high mortality rate of eighty-percent (Benedictow). The plague first arrived in Europe in 1346 and by the early 1350s the plague was responsible for killing off nearly one-third of Europe 's population (Benedictow, History). After the initial outbreak in the 1340s, the plague returned every few…