Bubonic plague posts
Health "Almost an entire year after my first symptoms, while moving into my freshman dorm at NYU, I got a call from the gastroenterologist’s office I'd visited a few weeks before. 'Don’t look this up on Wikipedia,' the nurse told me over the phone. 'You
Read more ... tested positive for Yersinia.'"
114 months ago
National Geographic The strain of bacteria that caused the Great Plague of London has been discovered—and could help scientists deduce how the plague spread with such swiftness and ferocity.
114 months ago
Phil Whitley Just done your English History quiz, the black death IS THE SAME as bubonic plague, caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis.
"The Black Death was an epidemic of bubonic plague, a disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis that circulates among w
Read more ... ild rodents where they live in great numbers and density. Such an area is called a 'plague focus' or a 'plague reservoir'."
114 months ago
Health.com Almost an entire year after my first symptoms, while moving into my freshman dorm at NYU, I got a call from the gastroenterologist’s office I'd visited a few weeks before. “Don’t look this up on Wikipedia,” the nurse told me over the phone.
115 months ago
Gawker And it's hiding in Oregon.
Reminder: The Bubonic Plague Is Alive and Well
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Just in time for Halloween, one of the most terrifying diseases known to man has reared its head in Oregon. A teenage girl is recovering after she came down with a case of bubonic plague, according to the Oregon Health Authority and the Crook County
Read more ... Public Health Department.
125 months ago
ABC News Teen girl contracts bubonic plague likely caused by flea bite.
125 months ago
MSN News The girl was believed to have been infected during a hunting trip earlier this month.
125 months ago
CNN The latest investigation started after CDC inspectors found a sample of the plague outside of a containment area, a Pentagon spokesman said. http://cnn.it/1VQRLCf
127 months ago
I fucking love science Well, thank goodness for that.
There’s No Evidence Of Bubonic Plague Bacteria On NYC Subway
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Researchers slightly grossed out and scared New Yorkers when they claimed there were traces of the bubonic plague on the subway. But a recent correction, by the authors themselves, suggests there was never any real need to worry.
128 months ago
NBC News Here's why you don't need to start panicking about a resurgence of the Black Death.
133 months ago
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