SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Bubonic plague is the most common form of plague and is caused by the bite of an infected flea.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fleas drank the blood of rats infected with the Black Death. They would then pass on the infection to humans through their bite. People in the 14th century did not realize that infected flea bites caused the plague-they thought breathing in dirty air was the cause.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rats traveled on ships and brought fleas and plague with them. Because most people who got the plague died, and many often had blackened tissue due to gangrene, bubonic plague was called the Black Death. A cure for bubonic plague wasn’t available.

Detailed explanation-4: -A provocative new study suggests that medieval plagues spread via fleas and lice on people. Rats have long been blamed for spreading the parasites that transmitted plague throughout medieval Europe and Asia, killing millions of people.