The Black Plague is a infectious disease.
The Black Death (1347-1350)
The Black Plague (also called the Black Death) got its name because of the black spots the disease produced on the skin of its victims.
AnswerThe Black Death is believed to have been caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, and the disease is called bubonic plague. AnswerThe Black Plague was caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis, which was formerly Pasteurella pestis. The disease vectors were rodents, especially rats, and fleas. The Black Death or Black Plague was a specific outbreak of bubonic plague in Europe during 1346 to 1351.
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The Black Plague
Another name for the plague is the black death
Black plague disease is bacterial.Plague is a bacterial infection found mainly in rodents and their fleas. But via those fleas it can sometimes leap to humans. When it does, the outcome can be horrific, making plague outbreaks the most notorious disease episodes in history.Bacterial-bubonic plague (AKA "the black plague") is caused by Yersinia Pestis.
the disease was carried by rats who were on the ship
The common name for bubonic plague is the Black Death.
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The plague? Yersinia Pestis?