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  2. Black Death migration - Wikipedia

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    For years it was common for Europeans to assume that the Black Death originated in China. Charles Creighton, in his History of Epidemics in Britain (1891), summarizes the tendency to retrospectively describe the origins of the Black Death in China despite lack of evidence for it: "In that nebulous and unsatisfactory state the old tradition of the Black Death originating in China has remained ...

  3. Bubonic plague - Wikipedia

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    Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. [1] One to seven days after exposure to the bacteria, flu-like symptoms develop. [ 1 ] These symptoms include fever , headaches , and vomiting , [ 1 ] as well as swollen and painful lymph nodes occurring in the area closest to where the bacteria entered the ...

  4. Third plague pandemic - Wikipedia

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    The third plague pandemic was a major bubonic plague pandemic that began in Yunnan, China, in 1855. [1] This episode of bubonic plague spread to all inhabited continents, and ultimately led to more than 12 million deaths in India and China [2] (and perhaps over 15 million worldwide [3]), and at least 10 million Indians were killed in British Raj India alone, making it one of the deadliest ...

  5. China's Inner Mongolia reports two cases of bubonic plague

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    China's northern region of Inner Mongolia reported two cases of bubonic plague on Saturday, following a previous infection that was detected on Aug. 7, the local government said. Cases of bubonic ...

  6. Bubonic plague case detected in China's Inner Mongolia region

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    While China appears to have reduced coronavirus cases to near zero, other infectious threats remain. Bubonic plague case detected in China's Inner Mongolia region Skip to main content

  7. CORRECTED-China reports fourth case of plague this month - AOL

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    Chinese health authorities on Thursday reported a fresh case of bubonic plague in the country's northern Inner Mongolia region, bringing the total number of plague cases to four since the ...

  8. 1894 Hong Kong plague - Wikipedia

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    The 1894 Hong Kong plague, part of the third plague pandemic, was a major outbreak of the bubonic plague in Hong Kong.While the plague was harshest in 1894, it returned annually between 1895 and 1929, and killed over 20,000 in total, with a fatality rate of more than 93%.

  9. China’s Inner Mongolia on high alert over suspected bubonic ...

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    A suspected case of bubonic plague, the potentially deadly infection that’s transmitted by fleas and typically spreads through wild rodents, has prompted a citywide alert in the Chinese ...