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The Black Death, was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, widely thought to have been caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis (Plague). Scientists and historians assumed that the Black Death was an outbreak of the same disease, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and spread by fleas with the help of animals like the black rat. The fleas bit the people introducing the bacteria into their bloodstream. The total number of deaths worldwide is estimated at 75 million people, aproximately 25-50 million of which occurred in Europe. Nowadays vaccinations are availiable to cure BlackDeath.

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