In the 14th centry in europe, the bubonic plague killed approximately one third of the population. Bubonic plague is caused by bacteria Yersinia pestis, which is spread by an insect vector carried by rats and other rodents. This disease can be spread to other animals besides humans. How is control of a disease such as bubonic plague complicated by the fact that it spreads across multiple animal species?

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Theodore Monroe

24 April, 09:37

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Asher Good · Answer 1

Once you control one animal species it might have spread to other species already.