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Today, when people say the plague as in a disease, they generally mean the bubonic plague.
However, there are three types of plague:
- bubonic - the kind with the swollen lymph nodes called buboes, that's where the name comes from
- pneumonic - this is transmitted by coughing and people usually die within 2 days of showing symptoms
- septicemic, which is in your blood and causes tissue to die.
Pneumonic is far more contageous and kills quicker than the other two, so that's arguably the worst.
If you mean the Plague as in the big pandemic that wiped out 1/3 of Europe in the 1350s, it was a mixture of bubonic and pneumonic.
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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.
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Is the bubonic plague worse than AIDS?
Yes by a long shot.
Can you prevent Bubonic Plague?
To be cured from the Bubonic Plague you can use antibiodics. In the previous bubonic plagues when it was a plague there was no cure.
Why were the 1300 a century of crisis?
The Bubonic Plague
How does the bubonic plague affect muscles?
The Pneumonic plague, (internal bubonic plague,) constricted your throat muscles.
Where did the bubonic plague occur?
the Bubonic Plague occurred in Europe about 400 years ago
What is the medical name of the Bubonic Plague?
Bubonic Plague is caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis.
How can you use the word bubonic plague in a sentence?
The Bubonic Plague killed millions of people.
What disease spread quickly and killed many people in Europe?
the bubonic plague, spread by rats bitten bye infected fleas
What was the name of the plague that killed many people in the 14 century?
Well really there were three- the most common being the bubonic plague.
What Bubonic plague caused an rapid spreading disease?
What Bubonic plague caused an rapid spreading disease
How is Doctor Yersin connected to bubonic plague?
The name of the bacillus that causes Bubonic plague is Yersinnia pestis.
What is bacterium an example of?
Yersinia pestis, AKA, Bubonic Plague
