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 ...

Is this America’s Black Death? The plague still creeps around and pops up every year, but modern medicine keeps it in check . Graig Graziosi, Amelia Neath. Tuesday 12 March 2024 15:35 GMT.

The bubonic plague is caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacterium that likely arrived in North America circa 1900 from rats that had stowed away aboard steamships coming from Southeast Asia.

Bubonic plague infects the lymph nodes, septicemic plague is in the blood, and pneumonic plague affects the lungs. ... South America, and Asia are more virulent. “Today, ...

A bubonic plague death has been confirmed in the US for the first time in eight years. The victim, of Coconino County, showed up at the Flagstaff Medical Center and died on the same day, said Northern Arizona Healthcare.