This would explain why Black Death suddenly disappeared from Europe even though the (until now suspected) Bubonic Plague bacteria still exists in various regions of the world.
You're not surprised? I was. One of the leading theories for years now is that Black Death may not have been caused by the Plague at all, that it might have been a type of airborne Avian-type virus. That was supported by the inability to find Plague bacteria evidence in any exhumed victims, a problem now solved. Anyway glad to know it's extinct. An interesting benefit of the herd immunity from the Black Death pandemic is that about 10% of European men are resistant to HIV (and 1% immune), likely due to the CCR-5 receptor gene which seems to cause resistant to both diseases.
I've never heard of that theory and the thing with airborne virus seems pretty strange to me...the 3 forms of plague (bubonic, pneumonic) fit best to Yersinia pestis.
Granny says its one o' dem end time plagues inna Bible - we all gonna die... Black Death strain still around, but less deadly: study Wed, Aug 31, 2011 - A much less virulent version of the Black Death bacterium that killed one-third of Europes population in the 14th century is still present today, according to a study published yesterday.
CA Squirrel Carrying Bubonic Plague... SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS: Plague detected on squirrel 9 October 2012 - Fleas infected with the plague bacteria can transfer the disease to other animals they bite.
It is good news that black death bacteria is identified .This will increase chances of living of people in this world.
One of the effects the black death had (among many) was that it delayed the colonisation of the new world , i hope that discoveries like this will not delay the discoveries of even newer worlds.
The Black Death (and presumably therefore, the bacteria) was supposed, in its common form, to be carried by fleas from the black rat (there was a pneumonic form that was deadly, spread by contact), yet the disease - in Britain anyway - spread in the winter, when the rats prefered to stay warm. I'm a bit rushed to follow the likk just now. Is there anything about this? It was announced recently that the Black Death WAS bubonic plague, which many had been doubting. P.S. Why can't I use our own flag?
The Mongol Empire established under the leadership of Genghis Khan was primarily responsible for the spread of the Black Death from China to Europe as the vast empire connected the east with the west with an enforced Pax Mongolica and traders inadvertently carried disease-carrying fleas with their merchandises from camp to camp to spread the medieval plague and the Black Death also contributed the premature demise of the empire, which relied on the unique interconnectedness all across Eurasia, after most European countries banned international trade to contain the Black Death. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110829173751.htm
Read somewhere dat in one o' dem European wars... ... dey was flingin' Black Plague dead bodies... ... over the castle walls.
That was Turks, so I believe, somewhere round the Black Sea. The settler-Americans didn't do it because they had carelessly forgotten to come into existence.
Granny says, "Now dem zombies gonna wake up an' give ever'body the plague - we all gonna die... 'Black Death pit' unearthed by Crossrail project 14 March 2013 - Excavations for London's Crossrail project have unearthed bodies believed to date from the time of the Black Death.
60% death rate... Black Death may have been airborne infection: scientists Tue, Apr 01, 2014 - Archeologists and forensic scientists who have examined 25 skeletons unearthed in the Clerkenwell area of central London a year ago believe they have uncovered the truth about the nature of the Black Death that ravaged Britain and Europe in the mid-14th century.
