What caused the Bubonic Plague in Europe?

Answer 1

The 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.

Answer 2

The plague started in China, moved into India and then came into Europe. It was brought in by ships that carried by rats whose fleas gave it to people. The conditions were ripe for something like the plague The water was bad so cholera was also a problem, sanitation was unheard of, people rarely washed and had lice/fleas on their bodies and in their beds/clothing. As the weather got hotter towards the summer months the disease spread faster and faster. Since science was mainly superstition they didn't have any idea what caused the disease. Thousands died each day and just the amount of the bodies and decay also added to the spread of the disease. Many places began to burn the houses and bodies of the dead and in some ways that helped because the fleas and rats died in the fires. As the months moved toward winter the disease would die down again, but only to come back the next spring.

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Answer 3

They thought that the Rat itself saused the plauge however they also thought that other people who were infected could pass it on.

However they were wrong: A type of flea caused the plauge once it had bit the Rat and then bit the human. The rats carried the Plauge in their blood stream however the Rats couldn't pass it on themselves so that's where the fleas came into the picture.

Answer 4

Yersinia pestis