Theories of the Black Death | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-02-18

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00:00:37 1 Bubonic plague theory
00:02:35 1.1 Signs and symptoms of the three plagues
00:05:00 1.2 Molecular evidence for iY. pestis/i
00:09:07 2 Alternative explanations
00:09:17 2.1 Evidence against iY. pestis/i
00:16:01 2.2 Ebola-like virus
00:17:21 2.3 Anthrax
00:19:44 2.4 Counter-arguments



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Theories of the Black Death are a variety of explanations that have been advanced to explain the nature and transmission of the Black Death (1347–51). A number of epidemiologists and  since the 1980s have challenged the traditional view that the Black Death was caused by plague based on the type and spread of the disease.  The confirmation in 2010 and 2011 that Yersinia pestis DNA was associated with a large number of plague sites has renewed focus on plague as the leading hypothesis, but has not yet led to a final resolution of all these questions.