The small yellow rods seen resting on these purple blades are Yersinia pestis bacteria – the cause of bubonic plague. This bacterial infection is mainly spread to humans by fleas but can also be ...

Bubonic plague is the most common form of plague and often spreads via the bite of an infected flea. Human-to-human transmission of bubonic plague is rare, with the vector typically being 'flea ...

The team behind the Oxford AstraZeneca covid vaccine say they are developing an injection that could prevent the bubonic ...

Scientists now know that the plague was spread by a bacillus known as yersina pestis. The bacteria can travel through the air as well as through the bites of infected fleas and rats. Bubonic ...

Bubonic plague, or the ‘Black Death’, as it became known during the pandemic of the 17th century, is one of the most deadly diseases to which humans have ever been exposed. Black rats often live close ...

The bubonic plague killed as many as 50 million people across Europe in the 14th century - 50% of its population - in what's ...

Usually transmitted by fleas hitching a ride on rodents, the bubonic plague attacks the lymphatic system, and initially results in flu-like symptoms a few days after infection. From there, things ...

Oxford team reports hopeful results in trials as military experts say UK should stock supplies of Black Death inoculation ...

FOR most, mention of the Black Death probably conjures up medieval images of people dying horrifically in the street. Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the bubonic plague has killed ...

Scientists who developed the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine during the Covid pandemic are developing the UK's first bubonic plague amid fears an outbreak of the disease could re-emerge.

Both types of plague are caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium. Bites from infected fleas are the most common cause of bubonic plague infection, but the pneumonic variant - where the bacterium ...

Millions of rats were killed and in 2 months no new cases of plague were reported. Bubonic plague ... Most people felt that the germ infected humans through food or open wounds.