How was the plague eradicated?
The plague was one of the most devastating disasters to hit Europe. A third of the population was wiped out at that time. Today it is considered to be exterminated in Europe - but not worldwide.
The plague in brief
In order to understand how the Black Death was eradicated, if not worldwide, but in Europe, some information about the disease and its transmission is important.
- The plague is an infectious disease that usually occurs as an epidemic. The pathogen is Yersinia pestis. The disease is initially transmitted via the rat flea. Then the bubonic plague develops. However, other rodents can also be considered as carriers of the Yersinia.
- The bubonic plague breaks out after an incubation period of two to seven days. It's through up fever with chills as well as swollen, necrotizing and ulcerated disintegrating lymph nodes, mostly affecting the inguinal lymph nodes.
- The plague sepsis is feared, which is caused by a hematogenous (via the bloodstream) sowing of the Yersinia. People with plague sepsis are contagious to other people. These then become infected with the pulmonary plague via droplet infection, which breaks out very quickly and is fatal within a few days. Used before hematogenous sowing Antibiotics treated, the mortality drops to below five percent.
Has the Black Death been exterminated?
In fact, the plague has not been eradicated. In Europe she is currently defeated, but there is no guarantee that she will not come back. The disease is still found in many parts of the world, especially in Asia, but also in South America, Africa and the USA. But how did you manage to contain the disease?
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- First of all, every plague epidemic in the moderate latitudes (at least with the bubonic plague) is self-limiting, as no epidemic is documented that lasted through the cold winter months. Of course, this does not apply to tropical countries where warm temperatures also prevail in winter.
- Adequate hygiene is very important in combating the disease. Contact with rats must be avoided and rat plagues must be combated. Insecticides to protect against fleas are also important.
- In addition, antibiotics can be used nowadays, which is why epidemics are no longer as devastating as occurs in Europe around 1350 (although some researchers doubt whether the epidemic occurred in the 14th Century actually dealt with the plague pathogen). If the treatment starts before the septic stage is reached, the chance of recovery is very good and, moreover, no transmission from person to person can take place.
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