Plague basics
Symptoms & science
100

What is the name of the bacteria that causes bubonic plague?

Yersinia pestis

100

What is the name of the swollen lymph nodes caused by the bubonic plague?

Buboes

200

What kind of insect most commonly spread the plague to humans?

Fleas

200

True or False: The plague can be treated with modern antibiotics?

True

300

What type of animal often hosted the fleas that spread the plague?

Rats

300

What part of the body does septicemic plague primarily affect?

The bloodstream 

400

Which continent did the plague originate from before reaching Europe?

Asia

500

What form of the plague affects the lungs and can be spread by coughing or sneezing?


Pneumonic plague 


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