- Rats may not have played the critical role in spreading the Black Death — New evidence finds that environmental conditions in Europe would have prevented the plague bacterium from surviving long-term in wild rodents and their fleas https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2209816119 20 comments science
- The Black Death plague bacterium could not have survived long-term in rats and their fleas, due to environmental conditions in Europe — Evidence suggests that the plague bacterium was repeatedly introduced to Europe, although it might have survived in local medium-term reservoirs https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2209816119 5 comments science
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- The Black Death may not have been spread by rats after all https://theconversation.com/the-black-death-may-not-have-been-spread-by-rats-after-all-196521 410 comments
- Rats may not have caused the Black Death | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/black-death-rats-plague-cause-b2265203.html 0 comments