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WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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What disease is thought to have originated in China?
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The Flu
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Common Cold
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Bubonic Plague
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Black spots
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Bubonic Plague was known as ‘Black Death ‘ in the Middle Ages. It broke out between 1347 and 1351 and took more number of lives than any other epidemic or war up till that time. The disease originated in China, but the epidemic reached parts of the Mediterranean from there.
Detailed explanation-2: -Plague is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, a zoonotic bacteria usually found in small mammals and their fleas. People infected with Y. pestis often develop symptoms after an incubation period of one to seven days. There are two main clinical forms of plague infection: bubonic and pneumonic.
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