bubonic plague
noun
: plague caused by a bacterium (Yersinia pestis) and characterized especially by the formation of buboes
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With bubonic plague, symptoms typically develop within two to eight days and can involve fever, headaches, chills, weakness and swollen, painful lymph nodes.
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Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
Due to its unusual findings on physical examination, bubonic plague is easier to recognize.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Getty Images Officials in central Oregon this week reported a case of bubonic plague in a resident who likely got the disease from a sick pet cat.
—Rebecca Boone, Fortune Well, 13 Feb. 2024
Already drained by the bursts of the bubonic plague during the Black Death around 20 years earlier, the trade was weakened even further by the fragmentation of the Mongol Empire.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2023
Common antibiotics can treat the plague An Oregon resident likely contracted bubonic plague from their cat, according to local health officials.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 21 Feb. 2024
The bubonic plague is caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacterium that was likely first introduced in North America around 1900 from rats on ships coming from South Asia, according to Timothy Brewer, M.D., professor of medicine and epidemiology at UCLA.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024
This silver gilt spoon is the only surviving piece of the original medieval crown jewels, first recorded to have been used at Westminster Abbey in 1349 when the bubonic plague known as the Black Death was spreading across the country.
—Max Taylor, NBC News, 4 May 2023
The Oregon resident likely had bubonic plague, which represents more than 80 percent of plague cases in the U.S., according to NBC News.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
Due to its unusual findings on physical examination, bubonic plague is easier to recognize.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Getty Images Officials in central Oregon this week reported a case of bubonic plague in a resident who likely got the disease from a sick pet cat.
—Rebecca Boone, Fortune Well, 13 Feb. 2024
Already drained by the bursts of the bubonic plague during the Black Death around 20 years earlier, the trade was weakened even further by the fragmentation of the Mongol Empire.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2023
Common antibiotics can treat the plague An Oregon resident likely contracted bubonic plague from their cat, according to local health officials.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 21 Feb. 2024
The bubonic plague is caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacterium that was likely first introduced in North America around 1900 from rats on ships coming from South Asia, according to Timothy Brewer, M.D., professor of medicine and epidemiology at UCLA.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024
This silver gilt spoon is the only surviving piece of the original medieval crown jewels, first recorded to have been used at Westminster Abbey in 1349 when the bubonic plague known as the Black Death was spreading across the country.
—Max Taylor, NBC News, 4 May 2023
The Oregon resident likely had bubonic plague, which represents more than 80 percent of plague cases in the U.S., according to NBC News.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
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