PDF-PLAGUE (BUBONIC / PNEUMONIC)

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. I chose this piece of work because science is one of my best subjects and I felt that I put a lot of effort into it. I enjoyed doing this so much and I learnt a lot. Not just information on the plague but also researching and presentation skills. I hope you enjoy reading this and learn a bit of history about the plague from the case study. If I was to improve this PowerPoint I would improve the case study by doing MORE research on it, rather then giving up after 20min.. Yersinia. . p. estis. What is the Plague?. Disease Causing Agent. Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria. Yersinia. . pestis. Facultative anaerobe. Discovered in 1894 by Alexander . Yersin. Swiss/French Physician and Bacteriologist. The pneumonic plague was a germ travelling in the air. If you breathed it in, it attacked your lungs, meaning the victim would cough up blood and the victim would be spreading deadly germs, when they coughed.. Shada Aimadeddine, Iyobo Aimiuwu, and Hannah Barboza. Health Science Project. August, 31, 2012. History. . The history of the Bubonic Plague  is definite and based on true facts. As more than 70 million people died during the Middle Ages of Bubonic Plague or what they called as Black Death. It almost wiped out the almost all of Europe’s population, because the infection was so widespread that it spread to up to 60 percent of the population.. 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 Page 1of 2Date Revised 01/16Possible Bioterrorism Agents CDC classified A B or C AgentPlagueYersinia pestisWhat is plaguePlague is an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by the bacterium Y The Disease Plague is a disease caused by Y pestis a bacterium found in rodents and their fleas in many areas around the world BThese outbreaks can occur in rural communities or in cities They are usu 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. Pestis. The Black Death (Bubonic Plague). Origins of the Plague. Began in Asia (the Mongols) and traveled through trade routes to the Middle East and eventually Europe. Battle at . K. affa. Hit Sicily first (1347) – Boat of Dead People Arrives. Prof & HoD . Dept of Pathology. SKHMC. . Pasteurellae. . Yersinia. Pasteurella. Francisella. Primary pathogens of rodents. Human pathogens: . Yersinia. . pestis. . Yersinia. What did people think caused the plague? What was the plague? How did they try to escape the plague? What happened to everyone? Where can you find out about the plague? How did they treat the plague? 2 Page Plague CommunicableVirulentHealth Protection and Promotion Act HPPA) Ontario Regulation (O. Reg.) 135/18 (Designation of Diseases) Provincial Reporting Requirements Confirmed caseProbable cas 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. . .