Question 1

what is the treatment for bubonic plague?

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Antibiotics: Amoxicillin, cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, gentamicin, doxycycline, and Ofloxacin were active in vitro, like the reference drug streptomycin, against the  strain Yersinia pestis, the causative agent for the bubonic plague.

Question 2

do you think i should be afraid of the bubonic plague?

Accepted Answer

Yes and no: It will come through again and cause widespread mortality if and only if there is a massive collapse in society (i.e., a nuclear war) and people are once again foolish enough to stop keeping cats. You won't meet pneumonic or septicemic disease in today's world and if you meet the bubonic form from a woodchuck's fleas, you'll be sick in time for shotgun antibiotics to cure you.

Question 3

what is the definition or description of: bubonic plague?

Accepted Answer

Bubonic plague: Bubonic plague (black death)  is a bacterial infection caused when fleas spread  Yersinia pestis.  Symptoms include:  enlarged lymph nodes, fever, chills, headache, fatigue, &amp; muscle aches.

Question 4

what is the scientific name of the bubonic plague?

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The organism causing: The disease is called Yersinia pestis and the disease is really called plague.  Either bubonic plague (swollen and infected lymph node), septicemic plague (in the blood stream) or pneumonic plague (in the lung) or combination.  The pneumonic form can spread from person to person.

Question 5

could ebola seem like it could have been the bubonic plague?

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No: I've seen the "pop" claims that the epidemics in the 1300s were something else, and they don't fit. In 2011 we found the plague bacillus in the old mass graves from the era. Ebola spreads best by direct blood contact and is unlikely to become an urban epidemic disease, though it's a likely bioterror weapon. See http://www.Sciencedaily.Com/releases/2011/08/110829173751.Htm.

Question 6

what is the difference between the pneumonic plague and bubonic plague?

Accepted Answer

Lungs / lymph nodes: The plague is usually bubonic (one catches it from being bit by infected fleas or rodents, and the bacteria infects one's lymph nodes) or pneumonic (one catches it by breathing infected moisture droplets exhaled, sneezed, or coughed out by an infected person or animal, and the bacteria infects one's lungs).

Question 7

was the black plague the same as the bubonic plague or were they different virus?

Accepted Answer

Same bacteria: The black plague i(or the black death) s thought to have been due to infection with the bacteria yersinia pestis.  It causes 3 different infections, all of which were probably involved in what was known as the black plague.  Bubonic plague is one of these 3, the others are pneumonic plague and septicemic plague.  Nice article on it here: http://bit.Ly/1d9di1d.

Question 8

histology info. on the bubonic plague. what types of tissues are effected by the disease process. how does their structure change? how samples taken.

Accepted Answer

Allergy: Bubonic plague causes bacteremia, septicemia, and dic. All tissues can be involved, and bleeding can be seen in those tissues.  When it gets this far, it has about 90% mortality so most tissues are obtained at autopsy. Blood can be taken or as above and can be cultured.

Question 9

how to get bubonic plague?

Accepted Answer

Bubonic Plague: is usually transmitted by the  bite of an infected rat flea, (Xenopsylla cheopis). Rarely transmitted by contact with infected tissue or person to person via cough.
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Question 10

why did the bubonic plague travel?

Accepted Answer

Plagues: The bubonic plague spread rapidly due to the hardy nature of fleas and rodents.  These are the main hosts and transmittors of bubonic plague...Humans were just along for the ride unfortunately.

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