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[[Yersinia pestis infection]] is an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis. Human [[Yersinia pestis infection]] takes three main forms: pneumonic, septicemic, and the notorious bubonic plagues.All three forms are widely believed to have been responsible for a number of high-mortality epidemics throughout human history, including the [[Plague of Justinian]] in 542 and the [[Black Death]] that accounted for the death of at least one-third of the European population between 1347 and 1353. It has now been shown conclusively that these plagues originated in rodent populations in China. | [[Yersinia pestis infection]] is an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis. Human [[Yersinia pestis infection]] takes three main forms: pneumonic, septicemic, and the notorious bubonic plagues.All three forms are widely believed to have been responsible for a number of high-mortality epidemics throughout human history, including the [[Plague of Justinian]] in 542 and the [[Black Death]] that accounted for the death of at least one-third of the European population between 1347 and 1353. It has now been shown conclusively that these plagues originated in rodent populations in China. | ||
==Historical Perspective== | |||
It is suggested that [[Yersinia pestis infection]] was a contributing factor in some of (though possibly not all) the European plagues. The earliest account describing a possible plague [[epidemic]] is found in I Samuel 5:6 of the [[Hebrew Bible]] ([[Tanakh]]). In this account, the [[Philistines]] of [[Ashdod]] were stricken with a plague for the crime of stealing the [[Ark of the Covenant]] from the Children of Israel. These events have been dated to approximately the second half of the 11th century BC. | |||
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Overview
Yersinia pestis infection is an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis. Human Yersinia pestis infection takes three main forms: pneumonic, septicemic, and the notorious bubonic plagues.All three forms are widely believed to have been responsible for a number of high-mortality epidemics throughout human history, including the Plague of Justinian in 542 and the Black Death that accounted for the death of at least one-third of the European population between 1347 and 1353. It has now been shown conclusively that these plagues originated in rodent populations in China.
Historical Perspective
It is suggested that Yersinia pestis infection was a contributing factor in some of (though possibly not all) the European plagues. The earliest account describing a possible plague epidemic is found in I Samuel 5:6 of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh). In this account, the Philistines of Ashdod were stricken with a plague for the crime of stealing the Ark of the Covenant from the Children of Israel. These events have been dated to approximately the second half of the 11th century BC.