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God and the Black Death, Part 1

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Evolution of Yourseniopestus

Eursiniopestus is transmitted by fleas to a variety of rodents. This situation is relatively stable, it's thought, with the bacteria circulating at low rates and without excessive mortality in these rodent populations. But sometimes infectious microbes can jump from their natural host species to another like humans. And thend, this is where you get zonotic diseases like plague.

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