Sentences with phrase «bubonic form»

This poor island nation is regularly hit by plague outbreaks, but they are typically the relatively less dangerous bubonic form, transmitted from rats to humans by fleas, and occur largely in remote areas.

In the United States, plague cases tend to crop up in the bubonic form, usually among people in the American Southwest who have been exposed to prairie dogs or ground squirrels and their fleas.

He says: «The whole flea - rodent ecology of plague is what led to major pandemics of the bubonic form of the plague in Europe.»

Not exact matches

(Both forms are caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis; pneumonic plague develops when a person with bubonic plague is not treated, and the infection spreads to the lungs.)

And vinegar, in any form, has been used for countless purposes throughout human history, including the disinfection of wounds on the battlefield and the prevention of the bubonic plague; in fact, its medicinal uses date back to Biblical times.

Bubonic plague is the most common form and is characterized by high temperatures, lethargy and swollen lymph nodes, most commonly in the neck and under the jaw.