What was the Black Death? Crossword Puzzle

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What was the Black Death? Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST:

  • yersinia pestis : the plague bacterium
  • pus : another smelly symptom
  • coughing : a symptom often featuring blood
  • bubonic : the form of the plague
  • china : the likely country of origin
  • pneumonic : where plague bacteria infect the lungs
  • alexandre yersin : a swiss microbiologist
  • anthrax : a disease that comes from the bacterium bacillus anthracis
  • black rats : the kind of rodent which was bitten
  • contagious : anthrax is not.....
  • trade : the routes along which the plague spread
  • humans : another lifeform also bitten by fleas
  • lungs : anthrax is caught by .......... it in
  • septicaemic : where plague bacteria infect the bloodstream
  • buboes : large tumours in the armpits
  • grain : a trade good which also spread the plague
  • fleas : the carriers of the plague
  • intestines : anthrax is caught through the ......... by eating infected meat
  • cut : anthrax is caught by a ... in the skin
  • death : what occurred between 1 to 8 days
  • vomiting : another symptom
  • lymph : the glands that swell with anthrax