The Black Death of the Middle Ages came to the country with the most developed economy

A man from New Mexico (New Mexico is a state in the southwest of the country with the most developed economy – the United States, one of the so-called Mountain States) died from complications caused by bubonic plague. Because of this emergency, state health officials are urgently trying to assess the risks of an epidemic of this terrible disease in this region.

According to the NY-Post newspaper, recently one of the residents of the town of Lincoln Country was hospitalized with a bacterial disease. Despite the best efforts of doctors, the patient died of the plague, which was the first case of bubonic plague in New Mexico in the last few years. But this year, which has only recently begun, four similar cases of the disease have already been registered, which causes great concern to local authorities.

Bubonic plague is a bacterial disease that is usually transmitted from rodents to humans through the bites of infected fleas. In addition, it can spread through direct contact with infected animals such as rodents, wild or domestic animals. There is also a risk of infection through inhalation of dust contaminated with urine or feces of rodents that contain bacteria.

Bubonic plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which is believed to have entered North America around 1900 with rats hiding aboard steamships from Southeast Asia. After infection, patients experience a variety of painful symptoms, ranging from fever and chills, to enlarged lymph nodes, known as bubones, from which the disease gets its name.

Erica Saski, a certified infection control specialist from Canada, explained that bubones form at the bite site of an infected rodent or flea. There is no vaccine for plague, but the disease can be successfully cured with antibiotics if treatment is started at an early stage. However, without treatment, it can be fatal.

Erica Saski warned that bubonic plague itself is a serious infectious disease, but can develop into more severe and deadly forms, such as pulmonary and septic plague, in which bacteria enter the lungs and bloodstream.

Recall that in the Middle Ages, the Black Death was called the pandemic of bubonic plague, which swept through Europe from 1346 to 1353. As a result of one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, up to 50 million people died, which was perhaps 50% of the population of Europe in the 14th century.

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