1. Bubonic Plague By Patrick Cobb Yersinia Pestis

2. History First seen in China in the 1330's
Spread to Europe and Eastern Asia through trading
Led to the infamous Black Death
Killed 25 million people in just five years
The nursery rhyme “Ring around the Rosy” came from this disease

3. How You Get it
The bacteria Yersinia Pestis infects rodents, which are reservoir hosts ( Rats, mice, etc.)
Fleas bite those rodents and then bite humans, giving us the disease
Spreads fast and is hard to avoid
No “safe haven” away from this disease

4. Affects/Symptoms
Lymph nodes near bite become swollen, painful and hot to the touch
Fever head ache and exhaustion
Chills and a fever of up 106 degrees
If treatment does not occur within twenty four hours of symptoms first appearing, death will most likely occur

5. What Happens? Evades the first part of our immune system
It is almost injected into you by the insect
Before the hosts specific antibacterial response can react, they will most likely have died
On its own our body can not protect us from this disease

6. Prevention Currently no vaccine for this disease Drug therapy
Public health education
Environmental management

7. Treatment
The best cure for this disease is to prevent it from happening
Antibiotics can be used to treat an infected person
85% of treated patients will survive
However, the disease may kill someone before serious symptoms occur

8. Works Cited http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/
Diseases Volume 6
Merck Manual of Medical information /