Bubonic plague is an infection spread mostly to humans by infected fleas that travel on rodents. Called the Black Death, it killed millions of Europeans during the Middle Ages. Prevention involves reducing your exposure to mice, rats, squirrels and other animals that may be infected. What is the bubonic plague?

2010年9月17日 · The Black Death was a devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s. Explore the facts of the plague, the symptoms it caused and how millions died...

2024年12月17日 · Bubonic plague is the most commonly occurring type of plague and is characterized by the appearance of buboes—swollen, tender lymph nodes, typically found in the armpits and groin. For information about the transmission, symptoms, treatment, and historical outbreaks of the disease, see plague.

2025年1月17日 · Bubonic plague causes fever, fatigue, shivering, vomiting, headaches, giddiness, intolerance to light, pain in the back and limbs, sleeplessness, apathy, and delirium. It also causes buboes: one or more of the lymph nodes become tender and swollen, usually in the groin or armpits.

2024年5月15日 · Bubonic plague: Patients develop fever, headache, chills, and weakness and one or more swollen, painful lymph nodes (called buboes). This form usually results from the bite of an infected flea, with an incubation period of 2 to 8 days.

2024年2月13日 · The bubonic plague is the most common form of the plague and is characterized by painful, swollen lymph nodes known as “buboes.” While not totally eradicated, “human to human transmission of bubonic plague is rare,” according to the World Health Organization.

2024年2月21日 · The bubonic plague is an infectious disease caused by the Yersinia pestis bacteria. The disease—once known as the “black death”—killed at least 50 million people in medieval Europe, but now, only about seven people get infected in the United States each year.

Plague is an illness you get from Yersinia pestis bacterium. You usually get the most common form (bubonic plague) from flea bites, but you can get pneumonic plague from someone who’s infected. Plague caused deadly pandemics in the past and still exists in many countries today. You can survive plague if you’re treated with antibiotics quickly.

Bubonic plague is the most common form. Bubonic plague symptoms may appear a few hours to 12 days after exposure (typically, after 2 to 5 days). Chills and fever of up to 106° F (41° C) occur suddenly. The heartbeat becomes rapid and weak, and blood pressure may drop.

2024年7月10日 · The bubonic plague is the most common form of the bacterial infection, which spreads naturally among rodents like prairie dogs and rats. There are two other forms of the plague: septicemic plague...