The Black Death - AP European History at University High School
... by bleeding under the skin • Coughing blood = dead in 23 days ...
... by bleeding under the skin • Coughing blood = dead in 23 days ...
Yersinia pestis - life.illinois.edu
... rodents such as black rats and prairie dogs. Plague is vectored by the Oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis. The flea normally feeds on rats, but will bite humans who live in close contact when populations are high enough. The Yersinia pestis bacteria multiply rapidly in the flea, blocking its gut. ...
... rodents such as black rats and prairie dogs. Plague is vectored by the Oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis. The flea normally feeds on rats, but will bite humans who live in close contact when populations are high enough. The Yersinia pestis bacteria multiply rapidly in the flea, blocking its gut. ...
Fleas & Plague
... • Also called “endemic typhus” or “flea-borne typhus”, see book for other names • Rickettsial: Rickettsia typhii (different species than epidemic typhus, R. powazekii) • Flea acquires pathogen from rats, passes it in feces, feces get scratched into skin. • No obvious negative effect on flea (unlike ...
... • Also called “endemic typhus” or “flea-borne typhus”, see book for other names • Rickettsial: Rickettsia typhii (different species than epidemic typhus, R. powazekii) • Flea acquires pathogen from rats, passes it in feces, feces get scratched into skin. • No obvious negative effect on flea (unlike ...
The Plague Completed Cornell Notes
... Summary: The bubonic plague or Black death was a horrific disease. The disease was spread through bacteria carried by rats from Asia and fleas. Because of personal hygiene and over crowdedness, rats were in abundance. The fleas on the rats would transfer to the people of Europe giving them the bubon ...
... Summary: The bubonic plague or Black death was a horrific disease. The disease was spread through bacteria carried by rats from Asia and fleas. Because of personal hygiene and over crowdedness, rats were in abundance. The fleas on the rats would transfer to the people of Europe giving them the bubon ...
Tungiasis
Tungiasis (also known as nigua, pio and bicho de pie, or pique) is an inflammatory skin disease caused by infection with the female ectoparasitic Tunga penetrans flea (also known as chigoe flea, jigger, nigua or sand flea), found in the tropical parts of Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and India. Tunga penetrans is the smallest flea in the world, measuring 1 mm across. It is also known in Latin America as the nigua and bicho de pie (Spanish) or bicho de pé (Portuguese), literally ""foot bug"". Tunga penetrans is a member of the genus Tunga, which comprises 13 species.Tungiasis causes skin inflammation, severe pain, itching, and a lesion at the site of infection that is characterized by a black dot at the center of a swollen red lesion, surrounded by what looks like a white halo. Desquamation of the skin is always seen, especially after the flea expands during hypertrophy.As of 2009, tungiasis is present worldwide in 88 countries with varying degrees of incidence. This disease is of special public health concern in highly endemic areas such as Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago, and Brazil, where its prevalence, especially in poor communities, has been known to approach 50%.The chigoe flea is properly classified as a member of the order Siphonaptera as it is a flea. Although commonly referred to as chiggers, true chiggers are mites which are minute arachnids. Mites penetrate the skin to drink blood, but they do not lay eggs as T. penetrans does. Moreover, in mites, the adult and the larval forms both feed on other animals. This is not the case with T. penetrans, as only the adults feed on mammals and it is only the female that stays attached to the host.Tunga penetrans is also known by the following names: chigoe flea, sand flea, nigua, chigger flea, jigger flea, bicho de pé, pico, sikka, kuti, and piqui, among many others.