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Epidemics
of the Centuries
Smallpox Bubonic Plague Yellow Fever
Introduction
Welcome to 'Epidemics of the Centuries',
this is an educational
website based on the teaching about the diseases Smallpox, the Bubonic
Plague, and the Yellow Fever. On this website we have listed the
histories of these diseases, any biological warfare that occurred using
these diseases, and possible cures or remedies ( home-made or otherwise
).
What
Causes These Hostile Diseases?
Smallpox- Smallpox may be transmitted through long
periods of contact
with another victim, or by contact with bodily fluid or other
objects ( sheets, clothes, etc. ) ( this disease is surprisingly
viral, due
to the fact that you can both breath this disease in and be infected by
it through touch. )
Bubonic Plague- Bubonic Plague is developed in
fleas of
which bite rats that can then spread this "disease" among the human,
rat, and flea population alike. ( note: this disease is
non-viral, hence
it is not spread by air, infection occurs from direct contact. )
Yellow Fever- Yellow Fever is caused by the bite
of a
mosquito of the Aedes species, Haemagogus genus, or Sasbethes genera
that has infected saliva. ( note: this disease is viral,
meaning that
this disease can be spread by air and contact between others.)