How did the plague spread from person to person?!
Question: The plague, also known as the Great Mortality or the Pestilence, decimated Europe. Writers of the time estimated that this illness killed 20-40% of Europeans. The plague started in Asia in the early 1340s and spread to Europe in 1347.
The fourteenth century!
Answers: The plague, also known as the Great Mortality or the Pestilence, decimated Europe. Writers of the time estimated that this illness killed 20-40% of Europeans. The plague started in Asia in the early 1340s and spread to Europe in 1347.
The fourteenth century!
The plague spread mainly because of animals and unsanitary conditions in European towns. This disease, carried by rats was often passed on to other animals which were handled by humans. Since towns were dirty and unsanitary, disease was able to spread very quickly. Streets were unclean, etc. Once a few people were sick, it was easy to spread the disease to more people who came in contact with them. The plague was very contagious!
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"Seek the microbe."
it spread by flea bites.
if not treated, the bacteria make its way to the lungs and can be spread in that manner. Pneumonic plague.