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Doobledorf t1_j50ixoo wrote

Reply to comment by brownie81 in The Black Death may not have been spread by rats after all by Rear-gunner

Didn't need to be human contact. The main transmission was through blood. IE, flees.

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Kenilwort t1_j519pfu wrote

The confusion was that those fleas are called rat fleas but they can live on many different warm-blooded hosts. Camels, dogs, humans, etc.

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brownie81 t1_j50jkb5 wrote

Sorry yes I suppose I just mean it had spread to human communities. Thanks!

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