Great Plague of London (jan 1, 1665 – jan 1, 1666)
Description:
Where: England
Disease: Bubonic Plague
Cause: Yerinsia pestis bacteria
Transmission: After the Black Death, the Plague was never eliminated from London completely. This epidemic was a severe flare-up.
Symptoms:
-Swollen lymph nodes (buboes)
-Can spread to bloodstream and lungs to cause other forms of plague
-If bloodstream is infected, death often comes on the same day symptoms first appear
-If lungs become infected, death can come in as little as one day
Death toll: Estimated 100,000
End: Death toll gradually slowed. There were next to no deaths in the summer of 1666, and the epidemic was considered to be over.
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