How bubonic plague spreads?
The bubonic plague infects animals as well as humans. Flies and airborne insects are the main cause of spread of this disease. Flies spread this disease from dead and infected animals such as squirrels, stray dogs, goats, rabbits, hares, coyotes, rodents, marmots and rats etc. to humans. The other ways this disease spreads to animals or humans is through direct contact of these animals or humans to any infected animal and through animal bites. The bubonic plague may also take the form of airborne disease (pneumonic plague), which makes it even deadlier than its other forms. Bubonic plague as compared to its other forms (pneumonic and septicemic plague) is lesser lethal and does not spread from one person to other unless it converts into other type of (pneumonic or septicemic) plague. What are the symptoms of bubonic plague? Symptoms of bubonic plagues starts showing up after the incubation period of about 3 to 7 days. The symptoms are as given below: 1) Patient experiences very high fe