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

FOR most, mention of the Black Death probably conjures up medieval images of people dying horrifically in the street. Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the bubonic plague has killed ...

Usually transmitted by fleas hitching a ride on rodents, the bubonic plague attacks the lymphatic system, and initially results in flu-like symptoms a few days after infection. From there, things ...

The bubonic plague is a deadly bacterial infection, caused by Yersinia pestis ... or pus from swollen lymph nodes to look for the Y. pestis bacteria. If you test positive for bubonic plague ...

Symptoms of the killer disease included horrific skin sores, swollen lymph nodes and a sudden ... Both samples came back with yersinia pestis - the Black Death. It is the first discovery of ...

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.

The mummy, housed at the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy, revealed traces of Yersinia pestis DNA ... they ravage the lymphatic system, causing lymph nodes in the groin, underarm, and neck to balloon ...

Oxford team reports hopeful results in trials as military experts say UK should stock supplies of Black Death inoculation ...

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.

Scientists who developed the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine during the Covid pandemic are developing the UK's first bubonic plague amid fears an outbreak of the disease could re-emerge.