The contagion that is believed to have caused the Black Death (Yersinia pestis) can still be found today, but it is rarely fatal
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The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia and peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351
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The best-known symptom of bubonic plague is one or more infected, enlarged, and painful lymph nodes, known as buboes
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The Black Death is thought to have originated in the dry plains of Central Asia, where it travelled along the Silk Road, reaching Crimea by 1343
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The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30–60% of Europe's total population
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The plague disease is commonly present today in populations of fleas carried by ground rodents in areas including Central Asia, Western Asia, Northern India and parts of Africa
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Bubonic plague is mainly spread by infected fleas from small animals
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