The plague of Justinian, the Black Death, and the 500 years of plague outbreaks that followed the Black Death, were all caused by variants of the same bacterium.

Reducing the copies of one gene in the bubonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, made it less deadly but potentially more transmissible ...

In the largest DNA analysis of its kind, scientists have found evidence to suggest that historic plague pandemics, such as the Black Death, were not caused by newly evolved strains of bacteria but ...

The disease that caused the Black Death is believed to have traveled much quicker, arriving in Europe from Asia in 1347, after the Golden Horde, a Mongol Army, catapulted plague-infected bodies ...

The bubonic plague, which is caused by a bacterial infection, was chillingly known as “Black Death” when it wiped out some 50 million people across Africa, Asia and Europe in the Middle Ages.

A change to a single gene in the bacterium Yersinia pestis has enabled one of the world’s most notorious pathogens to survive for centuries.

Rats may not have caused the Black Death, study suggests. The Bubonic Plague killed millions in Europe between 1347 and 1353 . Vishwam Sankaran. Thursday 19 January 2023 11:58 GMT. Comments.

The plague may have caused the downfall of the Stone Age farmers. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 07 / 240710130812.htm ...

In the middle of the 14th century, the Black Death swept Europe, killing millions of people, but archaeologists have recently discovered that its effects were far-ranging and surprising. People ...

In the case of the plague, that would mean completely eradicating the animals that carry the plague, Tosh notes. And the plague is not the only old-time disease that's still lurking around today.

How a pit bull started a (minor) outbreak of the plague Health officials identified the first case of dog-to-human, and possibly human-to-human, transmission in the U.S.