Yet the highly infectious disease borne of the bacterium Yersinia pestis still persists ... has first feasted on an infected rodent. Initial symptoms — sudden fever, headache, muscle pain ...

It can also refer to one specific disease, Yersinia pestis. On top of that ... known as the Justinian plague. The symptoms of the plague were awful. It started with a swelling in the lymph ...

The analysis revealed the presence of Yersinia pestis - the bacterium responsible for the Black Death, with two cases being reported in 2024, the first time in eight years. Archaeologists discover ...