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princess212 |
Plagues
May 1 2012, 7:31 PM EDT
Okay so I was browsing through wikipedia looking at british monarchs when I came across the plague. My question is, is there a difference between the plague, the bubonic plague, and black death?
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HeverRose |
1. RE: Plagues
May 4 2012, 2:34 PM EDT
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Plague is a particularily deadly infectious disease that can be transmitted between species ( animals to humans) and from human to human. Plague has three places it can strike: Bubonic plague strikes the lymph glands Septicemic plague strikes the blood stream Pneumonic plague strikes the respiratory system The Black Death in the 14th century refers to a very destructive epidemic of bubonic plague that killed about 25 million people across Europe. It was brought about by rats carrying flees ( there is the animal/human connection. So plague is the general term, bubonic is a speccific type of plague and the Black Death is one particular outbreak of bubonic plague. 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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princess212 |
2. RE: Plagues
May 5 2012, 9:23 PM EDT
Thanks HeverRose, I was getting quite confused as I looked at the information about the three names. Did the septicemic plague or pneumonic plague ever strike Europe?
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