Bubonic plague

The black death which ravaged Europe for centuries, coming to a peak about the mid- 1300s, but with cyclic severity until the late 1600s.

A usually fatal infectious disease caused by Yersinia pestis in the lymph system, transmitted to humans by fleas from rats.

One of the forms of infection by P. pestis the organisms being found in infected lymph glands.

Serious, sometimes fatal infection, caused by toxin of the bacteria Yersinia pestis and transmitted by the bite of fleas from infected rats or squirrels; it is characterized by high fever, prostration, painful swollen lymph glands (buboes) in the groin and armpits, delirium, and bleeading from superficial blood vessels. Treatment is by antibiotics and drainage of buboes if necessary. Bubonic plague, the Black Death of the Middle Ages, can become epidemic in areas with large populations of infected rats.

An acute, infectious disease caused by a bacterial organism found in wild rodents and transmitted to humans by fleabites or the ingestion of flea feces. Bubonic plague, also called plague, can be transmitted from one infected person to another by the spread of infected droplets from coughing, which is produced when the infected person contracts pneumonia. When this occurs, it is referred to as pneumonic plague. If the infection spreads from the lungs to other sites in the body, the blood becomes infected, and the disease is called septicemic plague.

Bubonic plague, the most prevalent form of plague, is distinguished by the emergence of a bubo, which is a swollen lymph node, typically occurring in the groin or armpit area.

The typical manifestation of plague, distinguished by the development of painful swellings called buboes, was once widespread in various regions across the globe.