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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Deadly Diseases
Yet the highly infectious disease borne of the bacterium Yersinia pestis still persists. From 1,000 to 3,000 cases of plague are reported each year globally, 10 to 15 of them in the western United ...
Did the plague end the Neolithic Era?
A descendant of that strain is blamed for the third pandemic, known as the Modern Plague, which originated in 1855 in China ...
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What is bubonic plague?
Plague is a potentially lethal infectious disease that is caused by bacteria called Yersinia pestis that live in some animals - mainly rodents - and their fleas. Bubonic plague is the most common ...