PPT-Plague Overview Organism

History Epidemiology Transmission Disease in Humans Disease in Animals Prevention and Control Center for Food Security and Public Health Iowa State University 2011 The Organism Yersinia pestis. The Elizabethan Era. French word meaning “rebirth”. Occurred throughout Europe. 14. th. – 16. th. centuries. Intellectual advances. Economic boom . In England, also known as the Elizabethan. . Samantha Villasana. The Start. The plague did. not spread once, but many times over centuries. .. The plague also referred to as . as. the Black Death is said to have started in . China.. Cause. Cause. Exodus 6: 1-8. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”. From 1347 to 1351, The Black Death (The “Plague”) originated in Central Asia. The Plague swept through Asia, Europe and Africa by way of Mediterranean Trade Routes. . . The Plague was at its worst between 1347 and 1351.. . Objectives: . Define and discuss the effects of: Mercantilism, the Crusades and the Black Plague. . Create a sequence of events of the following: The Crusades, Mercantilism and The Plaque. . Create a diagram/mental map to explain the cause and effect relationship between The Crusades, Mercantilism and The Plague. . 11 What is Plague -Plague is a disease caused by Yersinia pestis a bacterium found in rodents and their fleas in many areas around the world 2 Why are we concerned Plague as a bioweapon If Y pestis is in several ways The most important1 Bites of fleas from infected rodents2 Direct contact with sick animals3 Pet involvementEXPOSURE TO PLAGUEHungry fleas willfluids of an infected animal can ent disease. caused by . Yersinia. . pestis. involving rodents and . fleas. First recorded in China in 224 BCE. Black death. : 14. th. century in Europe; 50 million deaths. Transmitted by infected flea bites to humans. type I). Also K/as. Mad rat disease. Black death. Mahamari. Pestilential fever. Buboes. Pest. "Black death" inspired one of the most enduring nursery rhymes in the English language, “Ring a Ring . Assistant Professor. Dept. of Community medicine. INTRODUCTION. Plague is primarily and basically a . zoonoses. , caused . by . Yersinia . pestis. . . It . exists in natural . foci, and . is transmitted by infected flea bites to humans . The “Black Plague”, also known as the bubonic plague, reached Italy, from the east, in the spring of 1348 and spread through Europe over the next three years, killing between 25 and 50% of t What Is It? Plague is a bacterial infection caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacteria carried in rodents, such as rats and mice, and their fleas. Plague is rare in the United States but has been found in an . infectious disease caused by the bacteria . Yersinia. . pestis. , a . zoonotic. bacteria, usually found in small mammals and their fleas. It is transmitted between animals through fleas. . . YERSINIA. Disease. Yersinia . pestis. . is the cause of . plague. , also known as the . black death. , the scourge of the Middle Ages. . It is also a contemporary disease, occurring in the western United States and in many other countries around the world. .