Back Builepes in Suid-Afrika Afrikaans طاعون دملي Arabic طاعون دبلى ARZ Peste bubónica AST Bubon taunu Azerbaijani بوبونیک طاعونو AZB Бубонная чума Byelorussian বিউবনিক প্লেগ Bengali/Bangla Bosenn werblus Breton Pesta bubònica Catalan
| Bubonic plague | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
 An inguinal 'bubo' on the upper thigh of person infected with bubonic plague. Swollen lymph glands (buboes) often occur in the neck, armpit and groin (inguinal) regions of plague victims | |
| ICD-10 | A20.0 |
| ICD-9 | 020.0 |
| DiseasesDB | 14226 |
| MedlinePlus | 000596 |
Bubonic plague is the best-known form of the disease plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The name bubonic plague is specific for this form of the disease, which enters through the skin, and travels through the lymphatic system.
The plague was spread by fleas on rats. This method of spreading disease is called a zoonosis.
If the disease is left untreated, it kills about half its victims in three to seven days. The bubonic plague was the disease that caused the Black Death, which killed tens of millions of people in Europe, in the Middle Ages.[1]
Symptoms of this disease include coughing, fever, and black spots on the skin.
- ↑ Walker, Cameron (10 March 2004). "Bubonic plague traced to Ancient Egypt". National Geographic News. Retrieved 2 April 2009.