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=Bubonic Plague = By Vivian Cheung 9.6

**Scientific and the common name of the Bubonic Plague. **

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 * "Yersinia Pestis" is the scientific name for the Bubonic Plague.
 * "The Black Death" is the common name for this organism.

===What causes it? How is it transmitted? ===

﻿Yersinia pestis bacteria are usually only found in certain parts of the world, such as Africa, Asia, and South America. The causes of bubonic plague are the Yersinia pestis bacteria. In most cases, the bacteria are transmitted through the bite of an infected fleas and rats. Bubonic plague is not usually spread from person to person. Small rodents carry the infection. People may get exposed to the bacteria from flea  ===What are the symptoms? How long do they last? Is it Deadly? ===

A painful bulging welt would appear, if bitten by an infected rat or flea. More painful welts would appear within 3 days, these welts were so painful that people would die within 4 days of the infection. They were hard, painful, burning lumps on the neck, under his arms, on his inner thighs. Soon they turned into black spots.



===**Can it be cured? If so, how? If not, is there any way that we can at least treat it? ** ===

﻿Treatment of bubonic plague should begin as soon as the disease is diagnosed. Antibiotics, such as streptomycin or tetracycline, are given and symptoms are treated. The "Black Death" of the Middle Ages was due to large numbers of flea-ridden rats infesting homes and workplaces, In most developed countries, cities and towns have successfully controlled their rat populations. But some rural and urban areas have some sort of problems. Therefore, reducing the risk of plague outbreaks in these places, they could insecticide to decrease the number of fleas.

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