Bubonic Plague
In the early 1330s, the Bubonic Plague first hit China where it infected rodents such as squirrels, prairie dogs and rats. Fleas transmitted the bacteria from rodent to rodent, but as the plague began to take a toll on the rodent population, fleas began looking for another host; thus, the spread of the bubonic plague among humans. During the 1330s, the plague festered in China, killing many people; a 1331 epidemic killed nearly 90 percent of the population in the province of Hebei (near modern-day Beijing). Since China was a busy world trade nation, spread of the disease to western Asia and Europe was imminent. In October of 1347, several Italian merchant ships returned from a trip out on the Black Sea – a major trading route and main link to China. The ship docked in Sicily with most of the crew already dying, and the disease spread throughout the city within days. By August of 1348, it spread to England where it was named the “Black Death” mainly because of the black spots created on the skin. The bubonic plague was diagnosed from symptoms such as: inflamed lymph glands, and hemorrhaging of these inflammations known as buboes (gave the name bubonic plague), fever, and spots on the skin that start out as red, but lat
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