Black Death in the Cells
Infecting the Host> Cellular Levels
There are stages in the development of the Bubonic Plague. The first stage starts with the host, a rat flea, who somehow received a very nasty bacteria, Yersinia Pestis. This bacteria turns the midsection of the translucent flea black. When the flea, which normally lives and breeds in the fur of rats, is somehow moved onto a human, they'll try to feed by biting their new 'vehicle'. However, the bacteria in their gut stops them from feeding, so instead they regurgitate, releasing Y. Pestis into the wound, where it then enters the blood stream. From then, the bacteria travels through the now infected person's veins, getting a free ride to all the vital organs and lymphatics. It begins to affect the lymphatic system almost as soon as it enters the body. If a healthy person comes into contact bodily fluids from an infected, a rat which carries fleas, as most do, or an area where bodies of the no longer alive who were infected, they will always contract Y. Pestis. Once infected, any person they come in physical contact with is liable to receive the disease as well.
There are stages in the development of the Bubonic Plague. The first stage starts with the host, a rat flea, who somehow received a very nasty bacteria, Yersinia Pestis. This bacteria turns the midsection of the translucent flea black. When the flea, which normally lives and breeds in the fur of rats, is somehow moved onto a human, they'll try to feed by biting their new 'vehicle'. However, the bacteria in their gut stops them from feeding, so instead they regurgitate, releasing Y. Pestis into the wound, where it then enters the blood stream. From then, the bacteria travels through the now infected person's veins, getting a free ride to all the vital organs and lymphatics. It begins to affect the lymphatic system almost as soon as it enters the body. If a healthy person comes into contact bodily fluids from an infected, a rat which carries fleas, as most do, or an area where bodies of the no longer alive who were infected, they will always contract Y. Pestis. Once infected, any person they come in physical contact with is liable to receive the disease as well.