14 Facts About Bubonic plague

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Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by the plague bacterium.

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Three types of plague are the result of the route of infection: bubonic plague, septicemic plague, and pneumonic plague.

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Bubonic plague is mainly spread by infected fleas from small animals.

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Bubonic plague is an infection of the lymphatic system, usually resulting from the bite of an infected flea, Xenopsylla cheopis.

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The Bubonic plague is known to spread to the lungs and become the disease known as the pneumonic Bubonic plague.

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6.

Best-known symptom of bubonic plague is one or more infected, enlarged, and painful lymph nodes, known as buboes.

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Buboes associated with the bubonic plague are commonly found in the armpits, upper femoral, groin, and neck region.

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Bubonic plague outbreaks are controlled by pest control and modern sanitation techniques.

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Furthermore, the Bubonic plague most affected those of poor upbringing due to greater exposure, poor sanitation techniques and lack of a healthy immune system due to a poor diet.

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In late 1346, Bubonic plague broke out among the besiegers and from them penetrated the town.

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Daily water-traffic with the nearby city of Hong Kong rapidly spread the Bubonic plague there, killing over 2, 400 within two months during the 1894 Hong Kong Bubonic plague.

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Scale of death and social upheaval associated with Bubonic plague outbreaks has made the topic prominent in many historical and fictional accounts since the disease was first recognized.

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13.

Later, Bubonic plague was used during the Second Sino-Japanese War as a bacteriological weapon by the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Burial sites, known as Bubonic plague pits, offer archaeologists an opportunity to study the remains of people who died from the Bubonic plague.

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