The plague disease is commonly present today in populations of fleas carried by ground rodents in areas including Central...

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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"Black Death" is recent term. During the time of the plague, it was called "the Pestilence" "the Great Mortality"

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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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