Yersinia pestis

by the travelers through trade routes. Plague terrorized Europe and part of Asia in the timeline 1300 s - 1700 s.In some part of England the death was 50 % and some part of France suffered 90% of their populations. Plague caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis. When it enters to fleas body,it lives in digestive system and multiply in flea. when flea bite to animal or human, then they will infected. These infected fleas lived on rats. Vicious cycle was kept going like infected fleas would bite a…

Most people have heard of the devastating dark ages event, the Black Death. This breakout caused the largest biochemical disaster known to mankind. The bacteria that caused the black plague is known as Yersinia pestis, and continues to exist even today. At the time when the original plague broke out, lack of medicine, and other sanitary needs greatly affected how quickly the plague was able to spread. Although the overall period of time is mostly considered to be the breakout of one common…

“The Plague is an infectious, epidemic disease caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, characterized by fever, chills, and prostration, transmitted to humans from rats by means of the bites of fleas” ("The Definition of Plague"). The Plague, which today is a disease barely heard of, was at one point in history an epidemic that killed almost one-third of Europe’s population, had unique symptoms, and spread very quickly. Today, people hear about receiving a cold or the flu. Usually these are…

in early 1330, spreading rapidly throughout Asia, North Africa and has now arrived in Europe. So Far it has killed 33% - 40% of Europe’s population, infecting even us with the disease. It was found that this disease was the cause of bacteria (Yersinia Pestis) in fleas, carried by animals worldwide. What were some of the symptoms of the Bubonic Plague? The Bubonic plague has spread viciously, the symptoms that follow,…

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 which knocks out the cells that are in your immune system making it hard to survive without antibiotics which .…

"The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe Ever." History Today. 01 Mar. 2005: 42. eLibrary. Web. 10 Dec. 2015. This article had many reason and caused that helped me alot. The Black Death was a disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The infection was spread through rodents that was in human habitation. The rats was normally house rats the spread the disease. The infection to up to five days before 80 percent of the people were dying off. The "…

disease, killed about 1.5 million people between the years of 1348 and 1350. During this time frame there was very little medical knowledge. Even less known about the “plague”. The bubonic plague is caused by a rod-shaped bacillus called Yersinia pestis. Yersinia pestis is a bacteria that is carried by rats. Most rats have an immunity to this bacteria. However a flea does not. Instead the flea dying from consuming the blood of a rat with the bacteria, it is just inhibited from digesting the…

Ring Around the Rosie and The Black Plague In the 14th century, a terrible plague also known as the Bubonic plague struck Europe in 1347, killing over a million people. There is a strange conspiracy theory about the relations between the nursery rhyme “Ring Around the Rosie” and the Black Death. These theories have been reported related to each other because of the lyrics of the song, and the symptoms in the disease. With that being said, I believe that the nursery rhyme has very little to do…

Title? What is the name of the most fascinating book in the world? Should I leave you wondering? Well I think it might come in handy so I am going to tell you the title? ¨The Black Death¨ is a book that talks about how the black death got started, who started the plague, when it started spreading, and why the plague started. So stayed tuned to hear a brief history lesson about a plague like no ordinary and how it almost died off cities and the human population decreased dramatically. Diane…

to come from black rats. According to Ole J. Benedictow in his piece called “The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe Ever” which was published in History Today Volume 55 Issue 3 March 2005, he states that this disease is caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis that occurs when wild rodents, such as black rats live in close courters with humans. No matter what the origin of this disease is, it brings about “tumors in the groin or the armpits, some of which grew as large as a common apple, others as…