The document summarizes information about the Bubonic Plague, including that its incubation period is 2-6 days through airborne transmission and symptoms include abdominal pain, bloody cough, fever and swollen lymph nodes. It killed an estimated 25-60% of Europeans and up to 200 million people worldwide in the 1300s. While antibiotics can treat it, the plague remains difficult to eradicate as it can infect animals and is still present today in some parts of Africa, Asia, and the United States, though better hygiene has reduced its infectiousness.

1. The Bubonic Plague
The Incubation Period
● Symptoms show 2-6 days after infection
● Through the air it can take 1-3 days
Symptoms
● Abdominal pain
● Bloody Cough
● Fever, Chills, Fatigue, Malaise
● Diarrhea, nausea, vomiting
● Bleeding, Delirium, Headache, Phlegm, Shortness of
Breath, Swollen or Tender Lymph node
Stats/Facts
● Killed 25-60% of all Europeans
● Estimated to be ⅔ of the population
● The Plague in its time was referred to as “the Great Mortality” or “the Pestilence”
● 100 to 200 million deaths worldwide
Treatment and Cure
● Required treatment within 24 hours. May result in death
● Antibiotics are used to treat the Plague
➔ Streptomycin
➔ Gentamicin
➔ Doxycycline
➔ Ciprofloxacin
● Patient must be isolated from caregiver and other
patients
Location Geographically
● In the 1300s the plague struck everywhere but Australia
● Other places today include
➔ Democratic Republic of the Congo
➔ Central Africa
➔ USA
➔ China
➔ India
➔ Vietnam
Eradication Status
● Due to the Plagues ability to also infect animals it makes it impossible to
eradicate

2. ● It is still around today but not as infectious due to better hygiene