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the plague was spread by fleas on rats that had the infection giving it to people

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People believed it was the jews that caused the plague.

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spread by infected fleas carried on rats, the disease swept through Europe over the better part of the next year.

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spread by infected fleas carried on rats, the disease swept through Europe over the better part of the next year.

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There are many ways the plague spread. It started off with fleas on rats, then the rats would get on the ships and bite the people on there. It started affecting everyone else whenever it arrived to the mainland. It was spread by people coughing up blood. It was also spread by trade routes and germ warfare.

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When the Black Death had finally passed out of Western Europe in 1350, the populations of different regions had been reduced greatly. Some villages of Germany were completely wiped out, while other areas of Germany remained virtually untouched. Italy had been hit the hardest by the plague because of the dense population of merchants and active lifestyle within the city states.

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2. The black plague had flu like symptoms but also included bubos. Also there were 3 different forms  bubonic plague, septicemic plague, and pneumonic plague.

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2.What are some defining characteristics of the Plague?

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2.What are some defining characteristics of the Plague?

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Painful, disgusting, flu like symptoms, buboes, Awful, highly contagious, Deadly, Bloody cough, spit , bleeding inside the body.

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They Fled ,beat themselves

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the plague was spread by fleas which bite rats and infected them then the rats bite and infected people and then people gave it to other people through the air

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People back then thought that is was either bad air or punishment from God that started the plague.

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1.) The Plague spread through trade and through the rats and fleas and then the people would cough it would put it in the air.

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1.) The Plague spread through trade and through the rats and fleas and then the people would cough it would put it in the air.

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Jews were blamed for poisoning the water in the well that caused the disease and because of that the Jews were persecuted.

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The Persecution Of The Jewish People In The Middle Ages

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1. The plague was spread by fleas on rats usually during trade. Eventually it began to spread even more because of them being unsanitary and being close to people who were infected.

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Plague is one of the deadliest diseases in human history, second only to smallpox. A bacterial infection found mainly in rodents and associated fleas, plague readily leaps to humans in close contact. Plague outbreaks are the most notorious epidemics in history, inciting fears of plague's use as a biological weapon.

Today, plague cases still pop up sporadically around the world-including in the United States or China, where a suspected case was recently reported in the Inner Mongolia region. But the disease is no longer as deadly as it can be treated with antibiotics when available.

Here's what you need to know about the plague, including how it spreads, the difference between bubonic and pneumonic plague, the most infamous plague pandemics in history, and why it's not all that unusual to see modern cases of the disease.

Stages of plague

For hundreds of years, what caused plague outbreaks remained mysterious, and shrouded in superstitions. But keen observations and advances in microscopes eventually helped unveil the true culprit. In 1894, Alexandre Yersin discovered the bacterium responsible for causing plague: Yersinia pestis.

Y. pestis is an extraordinarily virulent, rod-shaped bacterium. Y. pestis disables the immune system of its host by injecting toxins into defense cells, such as macrophages, that are tasked with detecting bacterial infections. Once these cells are knocked out, the bacteria can multiply unhindered.

Many small mammals act as hosts to the bacteria, including rats, mice, chipmunks, prairie dogs, rabbits, and squirrels. During an enzootic cycle, Y. pestis can circulate at low rates within populations of rodents, mostly undetected because it doesn't produce an outbreak. When the bacteria pass to other species, during an epizootic cycle, humans face a greater risk for becoming infected with plague bacteria.

Rats have long been thought to be the main vector of plague outbreaks, because of their intimate connection with humans in urban areas. Scientists have more recently discovered that a flea that lives on rats, Xenopsylla cheopis, primarily causes human cases of plague. When rodents die from the plague, fleas jump to a new host, biting them and transmitting Y. pestis. Transmission also occurs by handling tissue or blood from a plague-infected animal, or inhalation of infected droplets.

Bubonic plague, the disease's most common form, refers to telltale buboes-painfully swollen lymph nodes-that appear around the groin, armpit, or neck. The skin sores become black, leading to its nickname during pandemics as "Black Death." Initial symptoms of this early stage include vomiting, nausea, and fever.

Pneumonic plague, the most infectious type, is an advanced stage of plague that moves into the lungs. During this stage, the disease is passed directly, person to person, through airborne particles coughed from an infected person's lungs.

If untreated, bubonic and pneumonic plague can progress to septicemic plague, infecting the bloodstream. If left untreated, pneumonic and septicemic plague kills almost 100 percent of those it infects.

Infamous plagues

Three particularly well-known pandemics occurred before the cause of plague was discovered. The first well-documented crisis was the Plague of Justinian, which began in 542 A.D. Named after the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, the pandemic killed up to 10,000 people a day in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey), according to ancient historians. Modern estimates indicate half of Europe's population-almost 100 million deaths-was wiped out before the plague subsided in the 700s.

Arguably the most infamous plague outbreak was the so-called Black Death, a multi-century pandemic that swept through Asia and Europe. It was believed to start in China in 1334, spreading along trade routes and reaching Europe via Sicilian ports in the late 1340s. The plague killed an estimated 25 million people, almost a third of the continent's population. The Black Death lingered on for centuries, particularly in cities. Outbreaks included the Great Plague of London (1665-66), in which 70,000 residents died.

The cause of plague wasn't discovered until the most recent global outbreak, which started in China in 1860 and didn't officially end until 1959. The pandemic caused roughly 10 million deaths. The plague was brought to North America in the early 1900s by ships, and thereafter spread to small mammals throughout the United States.

The high rate of fatality during these pandemics meant that the dead were often buried in quickly dug mass graves. From teeth of these plague victims, scientists have pieced together a family tree of Y. pestis, discovering that the strain from the Justinian Plague was related to, but distinct from, other strains of the plague. ( Read how modern plague strains descended from a strain that arose during the Black Death pandemic.)

Plague in modern society

Plague still exists in various parts of the world, popping up sporadically and followed actively by the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most cases have appeared in Africa since the 1990s.

Between 2004 to 2014, the Democratic Republic of the Congo reported the majority of plague cases worldwide, with 4,630 human cases and 349 deaths. Scientists link the prevalence of plague in the Democratic Republic of Congo to the ecosystem-primarily mountain tropical climate. More recently, plague broke out in Madagascar in 2017, causing more than 2,300 cases.

The United States, China, India, Vietnam, and Mongolia are among the other countries that have had confirmed human plague cases in recent years. Within the U.S., on average seven human cases of plague appear each year, emerging primarily in California and the Southwest.

Today, most people survive plague with rapid diagnosis and antibiotic treatment. Good sanitation practices and pest control minimize contact with infected fleas and rodents to help prevent plague pandemics.

Plague is classified as a Category A pathogen, because it readily passes between people and could result in high mortality rates if untreated. This classification has helped stoke fears that Y. pestis could be used as a biological weapon if distributed in aerosol form. As a small airborne particle it would cause pneumonic plague, the most lethal and contagious form.

Of conservation concern, federally endangered black-footed ferrets contract another form of the plague, sylvatic plague, from nearby prairie dogs. Plague can decimate prairie dog populations, which are a critical food source for black-footed ferrets. Scientists have started to administer a vaccine to prevent plague outbreaks in prairie dogs and black-footed ferrets.

This story has been updated. It was originally published on August 20, 2019.

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Plague (Black Death) bacterial infection information and facts

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Known as the Black Death, the much feared disease spread quickly for centuries, killing millions. The bacterial infection still occurs but can be treated with antibiotics.

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2.) Some of the characteristics of the plague is that people had flu-like symptoms, bubous, chills, fever, aches and pains, along with some other symptoms. If you did get the plague, you most likely died from it therefore death was also a symptom. 

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2.) Some of the characteristics of the plague is that people had flu-like symptoms, bubous, chills, fever, aches and pains, along with some other symptoms. If you did get the plague, you most likely died from it therefore death was also a symptom. 

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What did the people think caused it

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#1) The Black Death was mainly spread by rodents and animals that carried fleas with a bacteria that held a disease if were to bite something. It could then be spread from person to person after you were infected.

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#1) The Black Death was mainly spread by rodents and animals that carried fleas with a bacteria that held a disease if were to bite something. It could then be spread from person to person after you were infected.

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the plague was spread by fleas witch spread it to rats and the rats gave it to the people by biting them then people spread it to people through the air.

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The plague was transmitted to people in many different ways. The largest way it was spread was by fleas on rats. Another way is when people who were infected coughed they would spit blood up and it infected other people.

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The plague was spread by fleas that bit rats and then the fleas bit humans or attached to them. It was also spread by any human that had it. They would sneeze and spread either blood droplets or bacterial agents that spread among other people.

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How Did The Black Plague Start? Symptoms of the Black Plague How Did The Black Death Spread? Understanding the Black Death How Do You Treat the Black Death? Black Plague: God's Punishment? Flagellants How Did The Black Death End? Does The Black Plague Still Exist?

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The plague was spread in different ways. First it was the fleas which infected the rats. Then the rats would bite the people on the ships and when the ships got to land the people wanted to know what happened to the people on the ships and so it spread through the air.

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How Did The Black Plague Start? Symptoms of the Black Plague How Did The Black Death Spread? Understanding the Black Death How Do You Treat the Black Death? Black Plague: God's Punishment? Flagellants How Did The Black Death End? Does The Black Plague Still Exist?

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The Black Death spread through fleas that had Yersinia pestis and had gotten onto rats. The fleas would jump off of the rats and bite the humans, spreading the disease. It was also spread by people coughing on others and through the air and water.

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The plague spread a few different ways. It started when fleas bit rats, the rats then got onto ships and bit the sailors. When the ship got to the mainland it affected everybody else. Another way it spread was on trade routes such as the Silk Road. It spread from person to person in the way of diseased people coughing up droplets of blood on other people.

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Kids learn about the Black Death during the Middle Ages and Medieval times. Plague that killed many in Europe and throughout the world.

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2) Coughing up blood, swelling, chills, and fever.
5) Italy grew more fruits, farmers grew more luxury crops, renaissance begins, new technology, end of free labor.

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The Plague was spread initially by fleas on rats heading towards Europe. From there humans enhanced the spreading by being unsanitary and being close to one another even if they were sick.

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The plague spread by multiple ways one was when people first got sick they would cough they would spit out tiny drops of blood that would get others sick,It also was spread by the fleas that came from the rats that would be in the street,homes,and from ships.
The three types of the plague are Bubonic which was spread by fleas,the Pneumonic which was spread person to person,The Septicemic which was bleeding on the inside of the body and you suffer from organ failure.Some symptoms include  Fevers chills,swelling,welds on your skin,coughing up blood,weekness

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Black Death | Definition, Cause, Symptoms, Effects, Death Toll, & Facts

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Black Death, pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, taking a proportionately greater toll of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that time. The Black Death is widely thought to have been the result of plague, caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis.

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Once the plague wined down, there was fewer people which led to a surplus of food, better technology/ new inventions , and people questioning their faith.

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"Ooh, Fleas on rats, Started in China, Mongols used biological warfare, . . . in 1347 Black Death said hello to Europe, in form of infected fleas, from port cities along trade routes, Buboes swellin in the nodes, Better flee when you see a rat, girl . . . "

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Black Death ("Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani)

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Some thought it was caused by Jews poisining water wells and others thought it was a punishment from God.Therefore they killed the Jews and punished themselves for their sins.Some even started to question the Church and God.