The larvae of the TseTse flies, which carry sleeping sickness and inhabit large parts of Africa, live in organic-matter-rich black soils. And between epidemics, Yersinia pestis — thought to be ...

One of the oldest known cases of the 'Black Death' plague has been uncovered in the ancient DNA of a 3,290-year-old Egyptian mummy. Technically known as the virus Yersinia pestis, the bubonic ...

Plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, is a zoonotic disease that poses significant public health risks, particularly in regions where it is endemic. Understanding the ecology of plague ...

A few of them include: Plague spreads from Yersinia pestis bacterium which spreads from ... people have contact with contaminated water or soil. Statistics say more than a million people across ...