So here’s all you need to know about bubonic plague. Caused by a bacteria called Yersinia pestis, plague is an infectious disease usually found on small animals and transmitted through fleas or ...

Well, believe it or not, the plague is still around. Blame fleas and the rats, mice, chipmunks, and squirrels they infect. Bubonic plague is caused by bacteria that live in fleas. If you get bit ...

The small yellow rods seen resting on these purple blades are Yersinia pestis bacteria – the cause of bubonic plague. This bacterial infection is mainly spread to humans by fleas but can also be ...

Bubonic plague has a case-fatality ratio of 30% to ... Use insect repellent that contains DEET to prevent flea bites and treat dogs and cats for fleas regularly. Do not sleep with your pets ...

In the 1330s, bubonic plague broke out in China and ... since the risk of acquiring plague from a flea bite is low. Treatment, however, is highly effective using the antibiotic tetracyclene ...

Bubonic plague, or "the black death," had raged throughout ... Japanese physician Masanori Ogata wrote "one should pay attention to insects like fleas for, as the rat becomes cold after death ...

Fleas carry diseases including the plague ... It is these buboes that give bubonic plague its name. Around 50 per cent, or half or all those infected would die from bubonic plague.

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Plague is caused by a bacillus, Pasteurella pestis, whose natural habitat is the rat. Fleas carry it from rats to humans. The disease, called bubonic when it affects the lymph nodes, pneumonic ...