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  2. History of plague - Wikipedia

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    The Plague of Justinian in AD 541–542 is the first known attack on record, and marks the first firmly recorded pattern of bubonic plague. This disease is thought to have originated in China. [19]

  3. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    Plague of 698–701 (part of first plague pandemic) 698–701 Byzantine Empire, West Asia, Syria, Mesopotamia: Bubonic plague: Unknown [47] 735–737 Japanese smallpox epidemic: 735–737 Japan Smallpox: 2 million (approx. 1 ⁄ 3 of Japanese population) [15] [48] Plague of 746–747 (part of first plague pandemic) 746–747 Byzantine Empire ...

  4. Plague (disease) - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 December 2024. Disease caused by Yersinia pestis bacterium This article is about the disease caused by Yersinia pestis. For other uses, see Plague. Medical condition Plague Yersinia pestis seen at 200× magnification with a fluorescent label. Specialty Infectious disease Symptoms Fever, weakness ...

  5. The Plague Never Went Away: What to Know - AOL

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    The overall risk of death for all types of plague in the U.S., according to Mayo Clinic, is around 11%. The most important factor for survival is that medical attention begins promptly.

  6. Place where Black Death emerged is discovered - AOL

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    The medieval plague, which killed millions, is believed to have emerged in North Kyrgyzstan in the late 14th century. Place where Black Death emerged is discovered Skip to main content

  7. Antonine Plague - Wikipedia

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    The Antonine Plague of AD 165 to 180, also known as the Plague of Galen (after Galen, the Greek physician who described it), was a prolonged and destructive epidemic, [1] which impacted the Roman Empire. It was possibly contracted and spread by soldiers who were returning from campaign in the Near East.

  8. Oswaldo Cruz - Wikipedia

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    The Pasteur Institute responded that such a person was already available in Brazil: Oswaldo Cruz. On May 25, 1900, the Federal Serum Therapy Institute was created, intended for the production of sera and vaccines against the bubonic plague, with Baron Pedro Afonso as director general and the young bacteriologist Oswaldo Cruz as technical director.

  9. Mass grave with 1,000 skeletons found in Germany - AOL

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    They also discovered a note from 1634 detailing a plague outbreak that killed more than 15,000 people in 1632-1633, which says almost 2,000 people were buried near St. Sebastian Spital, the site ...