A team tested the ancient mummy dating back more than 3,000 years and discovered the bubonic plague in his bone tissue and ...

Usually transmitted by fleas hitching a ride on rodents, the bubonic plague attacks the lymphatic system, and initially ...

The Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, spread across Europe in the 14th century, wiping out as many as 50 million ...

Researchers have uncovered the oldest confirmed case of the plague outside Eurasia in an ancient Egyptian mummy.

Samples of 'The Black Death', which wiped out 50 million people in medieval times, were found in an Egyptian mummy ...

Researchers analysed the remains and identified traces of Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for the bubonic plague .

Yet the highly infectious disease borne of the bacterium Yersinia pestis still persists ... causes painful swellings (buboes) in the lymph nodes. Septicemic plague infects the bloodstream.

Plague is a potentially lethal infectious disease that is caused by bacteria called Yersinia pestis that ... symptoms it causes - painful, swollen lymph nodes or 'buboes' in the groin or armpit.

Also known as the Black Death, this is the same bacterium (Yersinia pestis ... weakness and swollen lymph nodes in the neck, armpit, or groin. There are 3 different kinds of infection: bubonic ...

Yersinia pestis overcomes host defense, in a large part, by debilitating phagocytes. Live-attenuated Y. pestis vaccines protect against pneumonic plague, probably by generating both protective ...

It can also refer to one specific disease, Yersinia pestis ... It started with a swelling in the lymph nodes under the armpit or in the groin, until they were about the size of an apple.

The child's infection was caused by the same bacterium (Yersinia pestis ... weakness and swollen lymph nodes in the neck, armpit, or groin. The disease is treatable with antibiotics, but if ...