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Feb 04, 2013 · Important It is possible that the main title of the report Bubonic Plague is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the

Pneumonic, septicemic, and bubonic plague are transmitted to humans from fleas that have fed on infected rodents. Plague symptoms include swollen lymph nodes, fever

The Black Death: The Culprit: Oriental Rat Flea . Kingdom: ia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Siphonaptera Family: Pulicidae Genus and Species

Abstract. In the fourteenth century, Europe suffered numerous catastrophes that would go down in history as “The Four men of the Apocalypse”; a reference to the

The disastrous mortal disease known as the Black Death spread across Europe in the years 1346-53. The frightening name, however, only came several centuries after its

What is plague? Plague is an infectious disease that affects rodents, certain other s, and humans. It is caused by the Yersinia pestis bacteria.

C oming out of the East, the Black Death reached the shores of Italy in the spring of 1348 unleashing a rampage of death across Europe unprecedented in recorded history.

The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia and peaking in

Get information on plague types (bubonic, pneumonic, septicemic), symptoms and signs (bubo, chills, fever), prevention, causes, treatment, research on the Black Death