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25,000,000 – 50,000,000 (estimated) The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as 50 million people [ 2] perished, perhaps 50% of Europe's 14th century population. [ 3] The disease is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and spread by ...
The Black Death tapered off in the eighteenth century, and according to McCormick, a rat-based theory of transmission could explain why this occurred. The plague(s) had killed a large portion of the human host population of Europe and dwindling cities meant that more people were isolated, and so geography and demography did not allow rats to ...
Bubonic plague. Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. [ 1] One to seven days after exposure to the bacteria, flu-like symptoms develop. [ 1] These symptoms include fever, headaches, and vomiting, [ 1] as well as swollen and painful lymph nodes occurring in the area closest to where the bacteria ...
The Black Death: The Great Mortality of 1348–1350: A Brief History with Documents (2005) excerpt and text search, with primary sources; Benedictow, Ole J. The Black Death 1346–1353: The Complete History (2012) excerpt and text search; Borsch, Stuart J. The Black Death in Egypt and England: A Comparative Study (U of Texas Press, 2005) online
One of the worst plagues in history, the Black Death arrived on the shores of Europe in 1347. Five years later, around 25 to 50 million people were dead across the continent.
It causes the disease plague, which caused the Plague of Justinian and the Black Death, the deadliest pandemic in recorded history. Plague takes three main forms: pneumonic, septicemic, and bubonic. Yersinia pestis is a parasite of its host, the rat flea, which is also a parasite of rats, hence Y. pestis is a hyperparasite.
Plague (disease) Yersinia pestis seen at 200× magnification with a fluorescent label. Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. [ 2] Symptoms include fever, weakness and headache. [ 1] Usually this begins one to seven days after exposure. [ 2] There are three forms of plague, each affecting a different part of ...
Plague was present in at least one location in the Islamic world virtually every year between 1500 and 1850. [ 56] Plague repeatedly struck the cities of North Africa. Algiers lost 30,000–50,000 to it in 1620–1621, and again in 1654–1657, 1665, 1691, and 1740–1742. [ 57]