1. Bubonic Plague aka Black Death
Don Robertson

2. Symptoms Decreased appetite Tiny broken blood vessels Fever Headache
Chills
Nausea
Vomiting
Abdominal pain
Diarrhea, which may be bloody

3. Causes
Bubonic plague is caused by yersinia Pestis also known as plague bacteria
Yersinia Pestis is found in
Mice, fleas, prairie dogs, cats, dogs, squirrels, wood rats, & chipmunks.

4. Transmission Bites from infected fleas
Direct contact with infected tissue or bodily fluids
Inhaling infected droplets

5. Treatments
Treated with antibiotics:
Gentamycin
Streptomycin

6. Epidemiology first outbreak was in Constantinople in 570 AD
Later the plague spread to Europe.
There was another very serious outbreak of plague which began in 1328 in China or Central Asia and by 1347 spread across the Mongol Empire to West Asia, killing people in West Africa and in Europe.
This plague killed about one out of every three people in Europe.
The last outbreak was in LA in
10 to 15 people get the plague each year in the united stats
1000 to 3000 cases a year world wide

7. Prevention
Stay away from infected animals
Control the flea population

8. Websites I got my information check it out sometime