Squirrels are the main rodents in California that carry it. Lots of rodents do (rats, possums, etc.)
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The common name for bubonic plague is the Black Death.
There were two forms of plague, one Bubonic and the other Pneumonic. Pneumonic was not currable.
The Black Death (1347-1350)
Yes - it affected virtually the whole of Europe.
The most famous symptom of bubonic plague is swollen lymph glands, called buboes. These are commonly found in the armpits, groin or neck. The bubonic plague was the first step of the ongoing plague. Two other forms of the plague, pneumonic and septicemic, resulted after a patient with the bubonic plague developed pneumonia or blood poisoning. Other symptoms include spots on the skin that are red at first and then turn black, heavy breathing, continuous blood vomiting, aching limbs, coughing and terrible pain. The pain is usually caused by the actual decaying, or decomposing of the skin while the infected person is still alive.
The bubonic plague is a specific form of plague caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium transmitted via fleas. While both are serious infectious diseases, historically, the bubonic plague variant has been more devastating due to its higher mortality rate and rapid spread among populations.
There was an epidemic of bubonic plague in 1564, the year Shakesepeare was born. Other epidemics also hit from time to time, influenza being common.
It's like any other disease. It never really went away.
Elizabethan clothing is clothing during the Elizabethan age. In other words, this is the age of Shakespeare and the bubonic plague.
The two theories are: Tiny fleas would bite the rats that infested the streets. They would then carry bacteria from the rat to humans, because they would bite humans, spreading the bacteria. Humans would then spread the disease by touching and being near other people. The other theory is that God was punishing all humans for their sins by sending the Bubonic Plague (Black Death)
A person suffering from the bubonic plague might feel tired, have the chills, experience a very high fever, have seizures, and have pain in the lymph areas- among other things. Bubonic plague generally progresses into additional illnesses as well after it afflicts the person. The bacteria spreads rapidly when injected into a human host and can cause the lymph nodes to haemorrhage and swell. It also causes death relatively quickly. Amy coombes
Bubonic plague was important in history because it wiped out 1/3 -1/2 the population of medieval Europe. This destabilized the medieval culture and resulted in substantial changes in society, ultimately leading, in the view of some, to the Industrial Revolution, among other things.