What is the Gram negative rod that causes Bubonic Plague?

2007-03-20 07:13:30 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases

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Yersinia pestis. Bubonic plague, aka 'Black death,' killed millions around the 6th century. Rats were the carriers, and the fleas that fed on those rats would be infected and pass the bacteria to humans.

2007-03-20 07:21:25 · answer #1 · answered by gagirl2c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

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