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 A bacterial infection, transmitted by
flea bites, that takes several
different forms.
Symptoms:
Bubonic, After 2-6 days, necrosis of the flea bite and
heat and swelling in the nearest lymph nodes. buboes can be as large as an orange and extremely painful.
Headache, fever, delirium. 20% go on to develop the pneumonic form.
Pneumonic, less common but more infectious: A lung infection, with
coughing and sneezing.
Septicemic, rare: Infection spreads
throughout body in the bloodstream; death occurs too fast (within
hours) for buboes to form.
The horror of plague was in not only its
virulence but the frequency of its recurrence. After the 1347 European pandemic,
which killed 40% of Europe's population, further attacks struck
England in 1361
It took Europe
until the 19th century to recover its early 14th-century population
levels.
Diseases
Dysentery
Ergotism Gonorrhea
Leprosy Malaria
Plague
Smallpox Typhoid
Black Death
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