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What is the Bubonic Plague? The Bubonic Plague is a disease that is caused by a germ called Yersinia pestis. It is spread to humans by fleas from infected rodents. In the 1300s, fourth of the population of Europe was destroyed. The disease causes swelling of the lymph glands (up to the size of a hens egg). The Greek word for groin is boubon, which is bubonic. The number of reported human cases of this plague in the United States has increased since the 1960s because the environment isn't staying clean. (Holt 1) How do you get this disease? When a rat is infected, the flea bites the rat then the flea gets infected. The disease fills the stomach of the flea making it so the flea can't digest any more blood. The flea then becomes so hungry that it bites the human. Now the human is infected. (Bushey 1) The first symptoms are headaches, nausea, vomiting and aching joints. Some others are fever, chills, the most horrible: the skin turns black. (Mermel 1 In the 1300s the plague spread so quickly in cities for many reasons. There were no regular garbage pick-ups. They let their food become rotten and kept them in their homes for weeks. Left over meals were thrown onto the ground for animals, also feeding rats and fleas. They had no running water, so bathing was every once in a while. (Bushey 3) Galen's theory was that the disease was spread by poisonous vapors coming from swamps which corrupted the air. Heat was also believed to be a cause of the disease. People washed their feet and hands regularly but, not their bodies because this would open pores, another way for the disease to enter the body. (Bushey 3)

25. CNN.com - Bubonic Plague Kills 14 In Uganda - October 11, 2001 CNN http://cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/10/11/uganda.plague/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. WEATHER ... ABOUT US/HELP CNN TV what's on show transcripts CNN Headline News CNN International EDITIONS CNN.com Asia CNN.com Europe CNNenEspanol.com CNNArabic.com ... set your edition Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW InStyle Business 2.0 Bubonic plague kills 14 in Uganda Rats have swarmed into several villages as a result of the rainy season KAMPALA, Uganda An outbreak of bubonic plague in Uganda has killed 14 people in the last three weeks, officials said. A government health official said on Thursday that the disease is believed to have been caused by an influx of rats into several villages. The rats entered four villages in the northwestern Nebbi district near the Congo border, said Dr. Dam Okware, who is coordinating the government's efforts to halt the spread of the fatal disease. The rats normally live outside the villages but seek shelter during the annual rainy season, he told Reuters. So far, 23 people have been infected with the disease, which affects the lymph nodes, and 14 have died. No new cases have been reported since October 3, Okware said. The bacterial disease is transmitted from rodents to humans by fleas living on the infected animals.

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28. Black Death The Bubonic Plague A student report describing the disease, causes, history, symptoms, and modern day treatment of the Black Death. Includes web links. http://hometown.aol.com/nathan19901162/myhomepage/

htmlAdWH('93212816', '728', '90'); Main My First Home Page Black Death the Bubonic Plague Black Death the Bubonic Plague My Black Death the Bubonic Plague Home Page Woodburn, Elementary Black Death Nathan April 12, 2002 Black Death Nathan April 12, 2002 The cause of the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) is the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The bacterium is passed from an infected rat to a non-infected rat by being bitten by a flea. The flea bites the infected rat and the germ moves into and lives in the flea's stomach. The flea's stomach becomes filled with the bacterium. The flea can no longer digest blood, when it bites a human, rat or another animal the flea throws up into the bite causing the victim to become infected with Black Death. The rat will die from the germ, but not before being bitten by another non-infected flea. This flea can then start the cycle over again. After all of the rats die in a burrow, the bacteria can lie dormant until more rats move into the infected burrows. These new rats will become infected transmit the disease to the flea and the flea will pass it to the humans. During the European epidemic of the bubonic plague (1345-1352). The Black Death traveled across Asia and Europe. The plague started in Kaffa, when conquered by the Tartans, the residents of Kaffa fled and carried the black plague to Europe. Italy fell to the plague by the end of 1348 and France was mostly covered. By August of 1348 the Black Death germ had infected England. Then the spread of the germ continued to Scotland, Ireland, Denmark and most of Germany.

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The Black Plague General Information Primary Sources General Information: HWC, The Black Death : The BEST source on the Plague (23 pages) by Dr. E. L. Skip Knox of Boise State University. If you need to know about it, Dr. Knox wrote about it. A Look at History - The Plague : A doctor explores the causes, treatment, and control of pestilential outbreak. Describes both the bubonic and pneumonic plague. The Great Mortality : A complete three-part feature about the Black Death. Discovery Online Black Death : Awesome site with game. The Black Plague : City College of New York. Features a slide show of Medieval images, and details the devastation of the black plague. Also offers an eyewitness account from 1357. Death Defined - Medieval History : From About.com. Great sources. The Pestilence Tyme : Describes the movement of the black plague over Medieval Europe, and offers a series ofessays and etchings depicting its toll. The Plague : Describes the origination and devastation of the black plague, and offers painting depicting its grimcampaign. Plague Literature : Describes how plague galvanized the European population toward general learning, and how the printing press widened the audience for literature.

30. The Black Death, The Bubonic Plague Story of bubonic plague with links to primary sources, including maps, drawings and pictures of the types of fleas that spread this disease during the Middle Ages. http://www.click2disasters.com/black_death/black_death.htm

The Black Death, Bubonic Plague During the 14th century, the plague invaded Europe. From its likely beginnings in China, "The Pestilence" (now known as "The Black Death") followed established trade routes. It is estimated that at least 50% of people living in some of the affected areas died. Carried by fleas on sea-going rodents, Bubonic Plague remained a mystery until the late 19th century. From Boccaccio's first-hand description in his Introduction to the "Decameron" to contemporary wood etchings of death's horror, we learn the enormity of the Plague's tragic effects. Go Directly To: O R Select a different story from the directory Follow links to the Center for Disease Control to learn what caused the Black Death. Read about the horror that followed in its 14th century wake. Examine current scholarship suggesting that anthrax may have been partly responsible for some of the deaths - especially in towns away from seaports. Learn the real story of the world's greatest disaster...Brought to you by Click2Disasters, a channel of AwesomeStories.com. the black death chapter 1 the black death chapter 2 the black death chapter 3 the black death chapter 4 ... the black death chapter 12

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Bubonic Plague Additional Information Plague Prevention Plague is an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis . People usually get plague from being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the plague bacterium or by handling an infected animal. Millions of people in Europe died from plague in the Middle Ages, when human homes and places of work were inhabited by flea-infested rats. Today, modern antibiotics are effective against plague, but if an infected person is not treated promptly, the disease is likely to cause illness or death. The Risk Wild rodents in certain areas around the world are infected with plague. Outbreaks in people still occur in rural communities or in cities. They are usually associated with infected rats and rat fleas that live in the home. In the United States, the last urban plague epidemic occurred in Los Angeles in 1924-25. Since then, human plague in the United States has occurred as mostly scattered cases in rural areas (an average of 10 to 15 persons each year). Globally, the World Health Organization reports 1,000 to 3,000 cases of plague every year. In North America, plague is found in certain animals and their fleas from the Pacific Coast to the Great Plains, and from southwestern Canada to Mexico. Most human cases in the United States occur in two regions: 1) northern New Mexico, northern Arizona, and southern Colorado; and 2) California, southern Oregon, and far western Nevada. Plague also exists in Africa, Asia, and South America (see map).

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33. Bubonic Plague Traced To Ancient Egypt The bubonic plague may have originated in ancient Egypt, according to a new study. Egyptian tomb builders may have been early victims of the lethal, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0310_040310_blackdeath.html

Site Index Subscribe Shop Search Top 15 Most Popular Stories NEWS Front Page Environment Health Offbeat ... Video in the News SPECIAL SERIES The Genographic Project Pulse of the Planet National Geographic Channel RESOURCES (What's this?) Contact Us Front Page Bubonic Plague Traced to Ancient Egypt Cameron Walker for National Geographic News March 10, 2004 The bubonic plague, or Black Death, may have originated in ancient Egypt, according to a new study. "This is the first time the plague's origins in Egypt have been backed up by archaeological evidence," said Eva Panagiotakopulu, who made the discovery. Panagiotakopulu is an archaeologist and fossil-insect expert at the University of Sheffield, England. suggests an alternate starting point. "It's usually thought that the plague entered from the East," said B. Joseph Hinnebusch, a microbiologist at Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana. The new study suggests that North Africa could also be the source of the epidemic, he said. The bacteria-caused plague is more than a grim historical footnote today. The African island of Madagascar experienced outbreaks in the late 1990s, and some worry about the plague's potential use as an agent of bioterrorism. Information about past epidemics could help scientists predict where new outbreaks would occur and better understand how the disease spreads, Hinnebusch said.

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The Black Death The Bubonic Plague or "Black Death" was a fatal disease spread by fleas which lived on rats and humans. This plague started in Asia and traveled to Europe by rat-infested Italian ships trading goods across the Mediterranean Sea. The Plague reached England by 1348, and by 1351 it had killed over a million people, one-third of Europe's entire population. Few who caught the Black Death ever survived. Whole towns, villages and hamlets were wiped out. A rat bite on a person's leg or arm would swell up into a painful bulging welt. More painful welts would appear all over the person's body until the infection was so bad that the person died usually within three days. As the people died out, so did The Plague. Today this disease is not fatal if treated with antibiotics when first detected. Excellent Resource for study of epidemic disease! Excerpt from Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody 'It began late in 1346 as an epidemic in the fortificd trading port of Caffa (now Theodosia~ on the Crimean shore of the Black Sea. "I buried with my own hands five of my children in a single grave," wrote Italian author Agnioli di Tura. "No bells. No tears. This is the end of the world." That is how the scourge was viewed. Burial Pits were hastily dug and as rapidly filled with corpses. As a commentator of the time graphically wrote: "The testator and his heirs and executors were hurled from the same cart into the same hole together." The clergy prayed over the dying for divine intervention, but when they too began to die in huge numbers, every man became his own confessor.

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The Black Death Bubonic Plague during the Elizabethan Era Page Back Bubonic Plague Index Symptoms, effects, consequences, cure and medical treatment World and Medieval History of the Black Death and Bubonic Plague - How the disease spread and Nationalities affected Black Death and Bubonic Plague - Modern day symptoms, cure and medical treatment William Shakespeare and the Black Death / Bubonic Plague William Shakespeare lived in the Elizabethan era when the bubonic plague, sometimes referred to as the Black Death, was virulent. He was known to have a terrible fear of the deadly disease and its consequences and this is hardly surprising as it touched so many areas of his life including his life as an actor at the Globe Theater. There were high mortality rates amongst Elizabethan children and this was true of the brothers and sisters of Shakespeare some of whom were struck down by the Bubonic plague (Black Death) Brothers and Sisters of Shakespeare In the Elizabethan era there was pestilence and repeated outbreaks of the Bubonic plague (Black Death) and these were not just confined to highly populated towns such as London. The country area and villages were not exempt from the disease either - there was no hiding place. Information regarding the handling of the Bubonic plague (Black Death), symptoms, medical treatment and cure used during the Elizabethan era are fully described below.

37. Blackdeath Historical information, pictures, causes, superstitions, and outcomes dealing with the bubonic plague. http://www.geocities.com/julia09/blackdeath.html

The Bubonic Plague, more commonly referred to as the "Black Death," ravaged Europe between the years 1347 and 1350. During this short period, 25 million people (one third of Europe's population at the time) were killed. Thousands of people died each week and dead bodies littered the streets. Once a family member had contracted the disease, the entire household was doomed to die. Parents abandoned their children, and parent-less children roamed the streets in search for food. Victims, delirious with pain, often lost their sanity. Life was in total chaos. The Plague was a disaster without a parallel, causing dramatic changes in medieval Europe. THE HISTORY OF The Black Death Who am I and where did I find my information about the bubonic plague? When I was in grade 11, I researched the topic for a history presentation. I found it so interesting that I decided to post all I learned here. If you'd like to see my sources, check my Bibliography The Bubonic Plague: Historical Time Line Life Before the Plague Arrival of the Plague Supersticious Causes of the Plague ... The End of the Plague and its Effects Last modified: Jan 1, 2003 For comments or suggestions: View My Guestbook!

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TED Case Studies The Role of Trade in Transmitting the Black Death A. IDENTIFICATION B. LEGAL CLUSTERS C. GEOGRAPHIC CLUSTERS D. TRADE CLUSTERS ... F. RELEVANT WEB SITES CASE NUMBER: 414 CASE MNEMONIC: BUBONIC CASE NAME: The Black Death A. IDENTIFICATION 1. The Issue Between 1339 and 1351 AD, a pandemic of plague traveled from China to Europe, known in Western history as The Black Death. Carried by rats and fleas along the Silk Road Caravan routes and Spice trading sea routes, the Black Death reached the Mediterranean Basin in 1347, and was rapidly carried throughout Europe from what was then the center of European trade. Eventually, even areas of European settlement as isolated as Viking settlements in Greenland would be ravaged by the plague. By the time these plagues had run their course in 1351, between 25 and 50% of the population of Europe was dead. An equally high toll was exacted from the populations of Arabia, North Africa, South Asia, and East Asia. This paper will examine the role of trade in the spread of the plague. Note Bubonic Plague has an incubation period, from infection to the first symptoms, of approximately six days. The initial symptom is a blackish pustule forming over the point of the bite, followed by swollen lymph nodes near that bite. This is followed by subcutaneous hemorrhaging, which produces bruise-like purple blotches, called buboes, on the victim's skin. It is from this word, buboe, that the bubonic plague takes its name. The hemorrhaging causes an intoxication of the nervous system, which produces neurological and psychological disorders, including insomnia, delirium, and stupor (2). These disorders, particularly delirium, might be behind the bizarre danse macabre performed by plague victims that is described in medieval chronicles. Bubonic Plague is the least toxic of the three types, but still kills 50 to 60% of its victims (3).

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District 186 District School Sites Teacher Resources Site Map Elizabethan England Plague by Liam Miller and Evan Orr Plagues devastated Elizabethan England. They were a constant threat to the people and the land. The most devastating to England was the bubonic plague. London was afflicted over a dozen times during the 1500's. The bubonic plague originated in Central Asia, where it killed 25 million people before it made its way into Constantinople in 1347. From there it spread to Mediterranean ports such as Naples and Venice. Trade ships from these Mediterranean ports spread plague to the inhabitants of southern France and Italy. It had spread to Paris by June of 1348, and London was in the grips of plague several months later. By 1350, all of Europe had been hit by plague. From this time to the mid 1600's, the disease was seen in England. This particular type of plague was the bubonic plague, which is caused by the bacteria called Yersinia pests. This bacteria lived in rats and other rodents. Human beings were infected through bites from the fleas that lived on these rats. The symptoms associated with plague are bubos, which are painful swellings of the lymph nodes. These typically appear in the armpits, legs, neck, or groin. If left untreated, plague victims die within two to four days. Victims of this disease suffered swelling in the armpit and groin, as well as bleeding in the lungs. Victims also suffered a very high fever, delirium and prostration. During the sixteenth century, plague teased England's countryside with isolated outbreaks. The major outbreaks were in London, due to its large population. Historian Rappel Holinshed wrote: "many men died in many places, but especially in London." At the beginning of the century, London had a few mild winters, allowing the infected rats and fleas (which usually hibernated) to remain active. Contemporary observers estimate that this epidemic took almost 30,000 lives, almost half of London's population at the time. However, church records show this estimate to be exaggerated, putting the actual number closer to 20,000.

40. 7Online.com NYC Medical Scare Two Being Treated At Area Hospital INTERACTIVE Learn More About The bubonic plague, Including Symptoms, Apparently many of those rodents tested positive for the bubonic plague. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/WABC_110602_nycplague.html

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