Rats were the primary carriers of the oriental rat flea, which would then hop onto humans and infect them.
Mongols were responsible for it. Plague came along with their armies.
Yes. Plague-carrying fleas fed on humans, and the plague germ got into their blood.
Yersinia Pestis was the microbe responsible for Bubonic Plague.
Traders brought rats carrying disease to Mediterranean ports in 1347
Bubonic. CBRNE-December 2011
Some belief that the Black Plague was responsible for the CCR5-Δ32 genetic defect.
they were accused of carrying the plague.
Not normally. However if the flea is carrying plague then this could kill you.
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Officials began burning down rat infested neighbourhoods. With the reduction in the population of rats came a subsequent reduction in the plague carrying fleas that infested them. Thus, there were less incidents of disease carrying flea bites on humans.
The rats carried fleas that actually caused the plague. The rats were carried throughout Europe on ships carrying trade goods.
The executive branch is responsible for carrying out the laws of the whole country. They make sure the laws are respected.