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    failed. In the 1340s‚ the plague began to extend to many places. The plague was shrouding these places‚ everyone got panic. Even though the city decided to stop people outside came in‚ it still couldn’t stop the virus spreading. Cause we know that Yersinia pestis bacteria are transmitted from rats to humans‚ rats and other animals always can come into any places. As conditions worsen‚ some priests refused to do something for dead people like baptize them. There is a scene in the video which is a man holding

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    sites as well. 1. What animal can transmit Cryptococcus? Wild birds like pigeons. 2. Can dogs and cats get Cryptococcus? Yes 3. What is the infectious agent for Bubonic Plague? Yersinia pestis 4. By how much was the world population reduced during the Plague pandemic? About 450 million to between 350 and 375 million. 5. What year (within the past 100 years) did the world experience a flu pandemic?

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    will help you better manage your own research laboratory. Statement of Work: Background. You are an Assistant Professor at Enormous State University (ESU) and perform research on Yersinia pestis (plague) and pulmonary cell interactions. Recently you have found a very interesting proton pump in Y. pestis that when blocked by a drug inhibitor in vitro‚ kills the bacteria but not human cells in culture (you have a paper submitted on this work). You have been wondering if this drug could be

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    the spread through medieval England and even further‚ it wiped out half of the population and left people to die in the streets. According to “Express Britain”‚ “the black death is a bacteria borne disease from a bacteria called Yersinia pestis”. The bacteria Yersinia pestis was carried by the blood of wild black rats‚ also known as the ship rat. The infected rats would die but most of their fleas would live and infect more rats. Once a person is infected skin sores appear that often turn into black

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    The Bubonic Plague is one of the most deadly diseases of all time as well as one of the most famous. Although it is not common these days to see it‚ it was widespread during the medieval times where millions had died. It was so widespread‚ it was said that there was not enough living to bury the dead. Rodents ran the unsanitary streets that carried the fleas that had the disease. This is how the Bubonic Plague was spread. It was believed at the time by the people that the gods were punishing

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    scientists ask this question‚ the answer finally came to them from evidence and examination of the plague they have found out that it was the rats and fleas transmitting the plague (mostly fleas). In fact‚ the original for The Black Death was “Yersinia pestis”. Plus‚ the plague actually originated in China and it got to Europe by trade ships. Scientists have a theory that the rats weren’t the transmitters‚ it was the gerbils. Many people are still investigating The Black Death. Who really transmitted

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    It is hard to believe a little flea could kill almost 20 million people in Western Europe. The Bubonic‚ or “Black Plague”‚ began in China in 1334. The bacillus‚ Yersinia pestis‚ existed in all forms of the plague and caused it. The disease was carried in the bellies of fleas that attached to rats. The Black Death subsided in the Russian Steppe in 1351. Bad hygienic conditions in Europe helped the epidemic spread. European lifestyle also changed greatly during and after the disease. As the Black Plague

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    bloody sputum. The victim of the septicaemic plague suffers from abdominal pain‚ diarrhoea‚ vomiting‚ fever‚ bleeding‚ shock‚ body weakness and their skin turns black. How the Black Death Spread In 1894 scientists identified a bacterium called Yersinia pestis‚ which was later understood to be the root cause of all three forms of the plague. These bacteria were transmitted by fleas onto people. The fleas were commonly found living on the bodies of black rats. The rats were common on medieval towns because

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    cornfield‚ swarms of grasshoppers invaded the crops and the sun and moon were both colourless. The Black Death arrived in Italy in 1347 and spread all over the rest of Western Europe in two years. The deaths were caused by bacterial disease from Yersinia pestis‚ by rats and mainly the fleas they carried. All medieval towns were crowded and contaminated with rats‚ increasing the risk of infection. There were plenty of droughts which destroyed crops‚ sunk ships and encouraged grasshoppers. People and animals

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