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If widely used water is circulated throughout a community and is not treated properly or comes in contact with a contaminated source, it is very possible that this could happen.

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The plague spread through what area?

rats


How do Ebloa and flu and malaria and the plague spread?

Flu is spread through contact of an infected. While Plague and malaria is spread via fleas and mosquito.


Do Mosquitos carry the plague disease?

no, the plague virus is to spread through air not by mosquito


Did the plague begin in Libya?

No, it began in Asia and spread through Europe in 1348.


What did the plague spread along through?

the Black Death spread via rats and fleas. From one country to another.


Can the bubonic plague be spread through the air?

Not usually unless the person who had bubo had started developing septicaemic plague. septicaemic- this plague (there are three different types) affected the lungs and was transmitted from human to human.


How is the spread of the bubonic plague different from the spread of influenza?

The bubonic plague was spread mainly by fleas traveling on the backs of rats in cities and through trade on continental Europe while the influenza spread directly from person to person in crowded public subways and gatherings.


What actually caused the black death?

Bubonic Plague - was spread by the fleas who lived on plague-infected rats, and such rats were ubiquitous on trading ships. But the people of that time believed that the plague was a punishment from god too punish the wicked and the good people would be saved by god.Pneumonic Plague - could spread with a sneeze and jump from person to person with terrifying speed.Septicemic Plague - spread through contact with open sores


What disease that spread in byzantine empire in 540sAD?

There was the spread of a plague but the exact nature of the plague is unknown. It is widely believed to be a strain of Bubonic Plague.


What is meant by plaques?

I think you are mentioning "plague". It is a infectious disease which can be spread through different sources.The major source for plague is caused by the virus yersinia pestis. It is carried by rats, which can be spread through fleas to humans. It can also spread through air or direct contact. If it is detected early, it can be easy to cure in early stages of the disease. you can learn more about this disease here, http://www.drugs.com/health-guide/plague-yersinia-pestis.html


Could you get the black plague by breathing by someone who already had it?

Yes, you could get the Black Plague by breathing near someone who already had the plague. The plague was transmitted through the spread of droplets in the air when a person coughed or sneezed. If you breathed those droplets, you could get the plague.


How did the bubonic plague disease spread from Europe to Asia?

The bubonic plague started in Asia and spread to Europe.