Bubonic plague discovered in ancient Egyptian mummy DNA
Usually transmitted by fleas hitching a ride on rodents, the bubonic plague attacks the lymphatic system, and initially ...
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Black Death: the next global pandemic?
More than 700 years since the Black Death pandemic, scientists are developing a bubonic plague jab – but why? And should we ...
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Ancient disease discovered in ancient DNA of Egyptian mummy
One of the oldest known cases of the 'Black Death' plague has been uncovered in the ancient DNA of a 3,290-year-old Egyptian mummy. Technically known as the virus Yersinia pestis, the bubonic ...
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Nile rats and Black Death: Mummy reveals bubonic plague in Egypt 3,290 years ago
The mummy, housed at the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy, revealed traces of Yersinia pestis DNA, the bacterium responsible for the bubonic plague, indicating that the individual suffered horrific ...