Question

What is plague?And how it is spread in unhygienic places?

Answer 1

The plague is a serious bacterial infection that can be deadly. Sometimes referred to as the “black plague,” the disease is caused by a bacterial strain called Yersinia pestis. This bacterium is found in animals throughout the world and is usually transmitted to humans through fleas.

The important thing to note is that plague is spread by humans not rats.

Human activities have led to the degradation of the environment as well as of himself also.

Unhygienic places has maximum concentration of harmful bacterias which infects not only humans but also aniamls.It spread through air and can prove fatal.

Answer 2

Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Symptoms include fever, weakness and headache. Usually this begins one to seven days after exposure. In the bubonic form there is also swelling of lymph nodes, while in the septicemic form tissues may turn black and die, and in the pneumonic form shortness of breath, cough and chest pain may occur. It generally spread in unhygienic places by flea bites or handling an infected animal. The pneumonitic form is generally spread between people through the air via infectious droplets. Diagnosis is typically by finding the bacterium in fluid from a lymph node, blood or sputum.


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