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Archeologists Discover 3,300-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy With ‘Black Death’ DNA, May Have Spread by Fleas on Nile Rats
Description that could be equated with the effects of the 'Black Death.' Researchers have theorized that fleas spread the disease throughout Egypt by accompanying Nile rats, after which they ...
Smithsonian Magazine2d
On This Day in 1900, the Bubonic Plague Hit the Continental United States, Spiraling Into an Epidemic That Killed 119 People
On February 7, 1900, Chinese American lumberyard owner Wong Chut King fell ill. When he died a few weeks later, in March, an ...
The Scientist7y
Human Fleas and Lice Spread Black Death
Researchers thought the bacterium would infect fleas on rats, and when the rats died, the fleas would jump to humans, infecting them. Rats are also thought to be responsible for spreading more recent ...
PBS5y
In the Wake of the Plague: the Black Death and the World it Made
The Black Death, believed to be bubonic plague ... Uh, Bubonic Plague is uh, carried by uh, fleas uh, on the backs of rodents. Uh, in the Middle Ages, probably black rats were most common and….
BBC2y
The Black Death and the Great Plague
The Black Death was a serious disease that killed millions ... This form was mainly spread by fleas carried by rats. Pneumonic plague attacked the victim’s lungs and was spread by personal ...
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Bubonic plague hits San Francisco
Bubonic plague, or "the black death," had raged throughout Europe and ... Ogata wrote "one should pay attention to insects like fleas for, as the rat becomes cold after death, they leave their ...