Epidemics: Products of Progress

Title: Epidemics: Products of Progress
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Epidemics: Products of Progress

One of the most devastating plagues that have left a mark in the modern times is the Black Death, which plagued Asia and Europe in 1345. This plague was something never seen before by Europeans and Asians. It distressed the entire populations of these continents for approximately twenty five percent of their populations perished. It led to a crisis in faith, and religion suffered its first big blow of uncertainty. People had questions but no answers …showed first 75 words of 244 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 244 total…The most important of these insects is the rat flea, which is parasitic on the brown rat. Pneumonic plague, so called because the lung is the site of infection, is most often transmitted by droplets sprayed from the lungs and mouth of infected persons; the infection of the blood. Septicemic plague may also be initiated by the direct contact of contaminated hands, food, or objects with the mucous membranes of the nose or throat. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**

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