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rats carried flea's.
the flea's carried the plague
the people got the plague from the flea's but blamed the rats.
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∙ 8y agorats were infected by Yersinia pestis bacterium. When they die fleas spread them to humans.
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Who is the vector of plague?
Rats were the vector of the bubonic plague
What role did the rats play in spreading the plague?
The plague was spread by fleas that lived on the rats.
The bubonic plague was carried by?
The carrier of this plague is the rats the carrier of the plague is actually fleas and ticks because they bite the rats and give them the plague. So the carriers of the plague are most rodents, ticks, and fleas.
What transmitted the plague to humans?
The plague was carried by rats, who were infested by fleas. As the rats succumbed to the plague, the starving fleas fed on humans infecting them with the plague.
What caused the plague of the 1600s?
the causes of the plague was the fleas on the rats they bit the rats and then when the rats died they moved on to bite the humans
What plague did Giogione die of?
The black plague. The plague was transferred by rats.
What kind of rats had the plague?
Wild black rats.
How do rats get the bubonic plague?
Beacause rats have fleas.
Do domestic rats carry plague?
No, rats never carried plague. It was the fleas that they carried. Domesticated rats don't have fleas. Even wild rats are very clean and any fleas they do have don't carry plague much anymore.
How was the plague formed?
It is a common Misconception that rats started the plague but this is only partly true. The rats were attracted into the cities because of the rubbish and alsorts on the streets and with those rats came bacteria, these bacteria lived on the rats and soon the rats passed these bacteria onto humans and so the plague was started.
How do you protect yourself from plague?
Plague vaccine or avoid rats with fleas.
Why did the black rats start the great plague?
The rats carried fleas that actually caused the plague. The rats were carried throughout Europe on ships carrying trade goods.
