Two names for the plague are the Black Death and Bubonic Plague. The Black Death refers specifically to the devastating pandemic that swept through Europe in the 14th century, while bubonic plague is a specific form of the disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, characterized by swollen lymph nodes or "bubo." Both terms highlight different aspects of the same infectious disease.
The Bubonic Plague.
The plague? Yersinia Pestis?
The black death and the bubonic plague. (Same thing).
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The bacteria that is believed to be the main cause of Black Death (bubonic plague, pneumonic plague and septicemic) is yersinia pestis.
There were two forms of plague, one Bubonic and the other Pneumonic. Pneumonic was not currable.
The common name for bubonic plague is the Black Death.
The word "plague" has two meanings. "The Plague" is a specific disease, or rather a series of specific diseases: bubonic plague, pneumonic plague etc. On the other hand "a plague" is any rapidly spreading epidemic. The King James Bible, contemporary with Shakespeare, talks about "the plague of leprosy", and obviously leprosy and plague are two very different diseases. It is this secondary sense which Mercutio uses in his curse: he is wishing some unspecified epidemic disease on the Montagues and Capulets, not the specific disease called "the plague".
Bubonic and septicemic plague are two of the three types of plague. The main difference between the two is that the bubonic plague cause extreme infection and swelling of the lymph nodes while the septicemic plague cause the body's clotting mechanism to stop.
Pope Clement VI did live after the plague (Black Death 1348-1350). He died in 1352, two years after the plague.
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The bacteria that causes Plague infections is called 'Yersinia pestis'.