The black plague was carried by the fleas of infected rodents. In most of the countries today, this type of transmission is rare. The plague also killed two-thirds of its victims within four days, which is similar to the Ebola virus.
The plague (AKA The bubonic plague)
The Black Death was a horrible pandemic that killed over 75 million people. It is thought to be caused by a bacterium that caused several forms of plague. Experts believe that the Black Death started in Asia.
Plague pandemic during 1346 to 1353. It is called Black Death.
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The exact disease is known as "The Bubonic Plague".
Plague is an infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis transmitted primarily by the bite of fleas from an infected rodent. In humans the disease is called the "black death" as it causes black discolouration of the skin.
That is the disease but it is caused by an infection by the bacteria Yersinia pestis.
Bubonic plague.
bubonic plague
It is a virus.
The Bubonic Plague
Some sickness was smallpox and black plague.
Wild black rats.
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The black death! or bubonic plague symptoms were buboes fever rashes and nausea
In medieval times (when the black plague was at it's fiercest people did not understand that the black plague was caught from fleas but thought it was an illness from Lucifer/satin/the devil. The medieval people thought the sickness would stop being contagious after the bodies were burnt. Unfortunately for them the fleas had fled the body long before it was burnt thus creating more sickness and death.
the black plague
plague
The 'black death' is usually referenced to the bubonic plague in which fleas from rats infected many humans causing them severe sickness and resulted in death. The mortality rate for those infected with the bubonic plague was 30-75 percent.
Another name for the plague is the black death
Black plague
the black plague