Yersinia Pestis The Black Death Symptoms Swollen lymph

Yersinia Pestis The Black Death

Symptoms • Swollen lymph node , called buboes, usually found on the armpit neck and groin • Spots appear on the body that turn red at first and then soon after turns black • Heavy Breathing • Blood Vomiting • Aching limbs and terrible pain

Yersinia Pestis • Small Rod shaped bacteria

Other Names Bubonic Plague Black Death The Plague Pneumonic plague Septicemic plague

Trespasser of death • A human would contract The Plague when a flea bites a infected rat and then bites a human.

Trespassers of Death cont. • Y. Pestis bacteria grows and reproduces slowly • The bacteria forms small colonies after infection

Alexandre Yersin • Born in Aubonne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland • In 1888, Yersin applied for French nationality so he could practice medicine in France. • In 1895, made his first anti-pest serum

Discovery of The Black Death • First discovered in 1894 • The Bubonic Plague was thought to of an estimated 75 million people

Area where it was • It was thought to of started in Central Asia and spread to Europe.

Can it KILL you? • Yes, the Black Death can kill you with out treatment • In the modern day we have antibiotics to stop the bubonic plague • The antibiotics used are aminoglycosides streptomycin and gentamicin, the tetracyclines tetracycline and doxycycline and the fluoroquinolone ciprofloxacin