Description that could be equated with the effects of the 'Black Death.' Researchers have theorized that fleas spread the disease throughout Egypt by accompanying Nile rats, after which they ...

Researchers thought the bacterium would infect fleas on rats, and when the rats died, the fleas would jump to humans, infecting them. Rats are also thought to be responsible for spreading more recent ...

Additionally, over 20 years ago, fleas were discovered ... which then crossed over to black rats that traveled on ancient ships, consequently carrying the Black Death across the world, as noted ...

The analysis of the periods in which the testimonies were recorded indicates that the great majority of the analyzed century ...

Bubonic plague, or "the black death," had raged throughout Europe ... wrote "one should pay attention to insects like fleas for, as the rat becomes cold after death, they leave their host and ...

On February 7, 1900, Chinese American lumberyard owner Wong Chut King fell ill. When he died a few weeks later, in March, an ...

Evidence from 13th-century chroniclers and physicians indicates plague may have been involved in epidemics a century before ...

The Black Death, believed to be bubonic plague ... Cantor: The…the fleas are the carrier. If the black rat dies, the fleas will seek to migrate to the closest warm body which is likely to ...

The Black Death was a serious disease that killed ... This form was mainly spread by fleas carried by rats. Pneumonic plague attacked the victim’s lungs and was spread by personal contact.

I've been caring for patients of this horrible plague these last few months. Many other doctors have fled the city for fear of catching the disease, but it seems it is everywhere. A French doctor ...