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    Over five year, 1347-1352, about 25 million people died from the Bubonic Plague in Europe. The Bubonic Plague started in Italy in the spring of 1348 and started to spread throughout Europe. This plague nearly killed between 25-50% of Europe population. This disease they believe came from almost everything what it came from. The Bubonic Plague was also known as the Black Plague and Black Death. Throughout the middle ages, the people believed that this plague came from the gods above as punishment

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    Bubonic Plague I’m doing my disease diary over the “Black Death” or Bubonic Plague. It is extremely rare and spreads through fleas. It’s caused by the bacteria Yersinia Pestis. There are anti-biotics. But you will need to stay in a hospital under medical supervision. Usually resolves within days to weeks. It killed over 50 million people in the 1400’s. That comes out to a little over 60% of Europes population. Only five people got it in 2015 and that was throughout the whole world. There are three

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    ships", which resulted in the beginning of a horrible era. After striking Messina, the disease spread to the port of Marseilles in France, port of Tunis in North Africa, Rome and Florence, Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon and London. The Black Death aka the Bubonic Plague spread at a fast and furious rate. Within five years, 20 million people which is about one-third of Europe's population were killed. No was prepared for the arrival of the Black Death. “In men and women alike,” the Italian poet Giovanni Boccaccio

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    Bubonic Plague In London 1665 the Bubonic Plague killed over 17,000 people in one year that is almost 20% of the population. The disease affects the immune system mainly. Once the body catches this disease there will be many horrible symptoms. The disease is caused by a bacteria called Yersinia Pestis the function of the bacteria is the disease Bubonic Plague. The Yersinia Pestis in a bacteria that affects the immune system. The immune system is made up of T Lymphocytes and B Lymphocytes or

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    The bubonic plague, which has gone by many names over the years, has caused millions of deaths and is still around today. However, after the Plague hit Central Europe, there was a huge increase in quality of life. Religion was adversely affected as the churches were unable to stop or even slow down the Plague causing most of the population to lose faith. The economies changed in amazing ways for peasants with the loss of the feudal system, and life expectancy was improved with the creation of modern

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    The Bubonic Plague The plague was caused by a bacterial infection carried by the fleas of rodents. When the fleas come into contact with humans the outcome can be devastating and horrifying. The Bubonic plague, also known as The Black Death, is one of the most well-known plagues in history. Between 1347 and 1353, Europe experienced a merciless outbreak of the plague and in just a few years, one third of the world’s population was struck down by the Black Death. Whether it is the many different symptoms

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    The Bubonic Plague was a horrific disease that was killing thousands of people, and nobody knew how to cure it. At the time, doctors resorted to treatments that people today would call absurd. None of these treatments at the time worked and was the result of scientists overreacting. These scientists were scared, and so were the communities. The affected communities just wanted to get rid of the people with the disease and keep the healthy ones quarantined in order to try and rid their homes of the

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    Disease 1: THE BUBONIC PLAGUE 1. Disease The Bubonic Plague or ‘Black Death’ is a potentially fatal disease that spread rapidly and most infamously, throughout Europe during the Middle Ages. The disease is spread by Yersinia pestis, a gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterium that is transported through infected fleas and rodents, which can be seen in figure 1. (Wayangankar, 2015) Figure 1: Yersinia Pestis bacteria 2. Causes The Bubonic Plague is a vector-bourne illness, meaning, it requires a living

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    The Bubonic Plague seems now to be a problem of the past, but as time goes on, the science world discovers more about the inner workings of the illness. The basics of the plague, however, have been known for a while. As we know it, the Bubonic Plague is no longer an issue in everyday life, but, surprisingly, it is still affecting people around the world. While cases of this can be found in the more rural parts of the United States, it is primarily an issue in third-world countries, where rats and

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    these buboes growing to the size of apples.” The bubonic plague was a painful disease. It could last up to a week, but anyone had a possibility to survive, in fact, the percentage of the population that lived was 50%. Black Death (also known as the Black plague) came to England

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