Plague

Plague exists worldwide and is responsible for at least 3 pandemics. It is a zoonotic infection primarily maintained in rodents and fleas. Humans are incidental hosts. Plague is caused by Yersinia pestis, a pleomorphic, gram-negative, non–spore-forming, coccobacillus that exhibits bipolar staining. Epidemiology The geographic distribution of plague is largely confined to the semiarid areas of most continents, with the exception of Australia. Enzootic foci occur in Africa, Asia, North America, and

75 to 200 million people died from the Bubonic Plague it was estimated about 2\3 of the European population died. Bubonic Plague hurts the Immune system by attacking an invading it. The only way to stop the Bubonic plague is by antibiotics and prescription drugs that destroy the virus. If not treated it will enter the bloodstream and attacks the lungs. Which could give the body Pneumonic plague which is deadly and the Pneumonic plague will give people hepatitis which will give the body fatigue and

The Bubonic Plague is also know as the black death occurred during the middles ages. The plague started in China and it transmitted from people to people very rapidly. During the middle ages Europe had been trading with China its goods but in 1387 a ship from Italian merchants came from china trade many people were dying in the ship when they aboard on Italy. This disease cause swellings on the victim neck or armpits and it would go up to size of an egg or an apple.This disease spread throughout

The Great Plague of London in 1665 was a horrific blow to Londoners. Before this plague would be at its end, anywhere from 65,000 – 100,000 people would be dead, 15 percent of London’s population. The Great Plague was an outbreak of the Bubonic Plague, a  bacterial infection caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium, spread by the oriental rat flea, in the spring and summer of 1665. Bubonic plague is an infection of the tissues and organs in the human body that help carry away unwanted materials

Could you imagine waking up one day and everyone around you was dying? The Black Death also known as the Bubonic Plague was a horrible disease that spread though Asia and Europe in the late 1340’s and early 1350’s. It killed off a large amount of Europe’s population after the plague was over. It was a horrible disease that everyone dreaded to become infected with. The Black Death which spread from China to Europe had a severe impact that declined the European population and increased its economy

Thesis: The plague was a vicious and terrorizing disease, which left a disastrous impact on the people in Europe as Asia making forcing every citizen to fend for themself regardless of who he or she were. I. The symptoms of the disease were horrifying A. The physical symptoms of the disease were morbid and terrifying. 1. Victims died in three days or less 2. Depression and despair very prominent 3. Sick suffered severe pain B. The bubonic plague was present in two forms. 1. Both streams together

death can be described as an epidemic of bubonic plague, of which was caused by the bacterium known as Yersinia pestis that circulates among wild rodents where they live in great numbers and density. It took place in the 13th century. The black plague is causing a bacteria called yersinia pestis. It is coming for us. I began coming for us in Central Asia, but it never fully ended. Everyone in the entire world was affected by this very dangerous plague and even to the extent that people stopped visiting

The Plague that Emptied London Mania, delirium, hysteria, and fear are words that can be used to describe the events that took place within Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year. The citizens of London were being attacked by an unknown biological enemy. The faceless opponent in which they would be afflicted is a plague that rattled their very foundation. Fear had begun to consume people mentally as well as the obvious physical affliction. Defoe utilizes both first person point of view and eye

The Plague and the Book of Jobs How there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. The LORD said to Satan, "Whence have you come?" Satan answered the LORD, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it." And the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?" Then Satan answered the LORD

In the first stage of the plague, everyone was confused but not really fazed by the rats found around Oran. But, after a couple of weeks, unfortunately, these rats invading city streets and households became the new normal. This beginning stage didn’t last long though. Eventually “stage two” came into play. A vicious fever started to spread throughout the city, making everyone start to get into a selfish mindset. Everyone started to only trust themselves, trying to flee the city, which became a felony