The bubonic plague is an infection of the lymphatic system, usually resulting from the bite of an infected flea, Xenopsylla cheopis (the Oriental rat flea). [14] Several flea species carried the bubonic plague, such as Pulex irritans (the human flea), …

2010年9月17日 · The Black Death was a devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s. Explore the facts of the plague, the symptoms it caused and how millions died...

2025年1月17日 · Black Death, pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, taking a proportionately greater toll of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that time. The Black Death is widely thought to have been the result of plague, caused by …

2021年6月17日 · Bubonic plague is an infection spread mostly to humans by infected fleas that travel on rodents. Called the Black Death, it killed millions of Europeans during the Middle Ages. Prevention involves reducing your exposure to mice, rats, squirrels and other animals that may be infected. What is the bubonic plague?

2024年9月16日 · The Black Plague, also known as the Black Death, was a deadly pandemic in the 14th century, killing millions in Europe. It changed history, leading to labor shortages, economic turmoil, and even the end of the feudal system.

2024年1月12日 · Bubonic plague is an infectious disease that causes swollen, painful lymph nodes. It caused the deaths of more than 25 million people in the 14th century.

2019年4月25日 · Plague pandemics hit the world in three waves from the 1300s to the 1900s and killed millions of people. The first wave, called the Black Death in Europe, was from 1347 to 1351. The second wave in the 1500s saw the emergence of a new virulent strain of the disease.

2024年12月17日 · Bubonic plague is the most commonly occurring type of plague and is characterized by the appearance of buboes—swollen, tender lymph nodes, typically found in the armpits and groin. For information about the transmission, symptoms, treatment, and historical outbreaks of the disease, see plague.

The Black Death was thought to be a combination of two plagues: bubonic and pneumonic. Bubonic plague does not spread directly from person to person but from rodent to person or person to person by infected fleas. Pneumonic plague is highly contagious and passes from person to person through droplets from coughs or sneezes.

2020年4月16日 · Nearly 700 years after the Black Death swept through Europe, it still haunts the world as the worst-case scenario for an epidemic. Called the Great Mortality as it caused its devastation, this...