Black Death bubonic plague strain kept killing Europeans for centuries

Monday, January 25, 2016 - 15:51 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The Black Death strain of bubonic plague that killed 50 million people in Europe during the 14th century didn't disappear after the pandemic ended. It kept on killing Europeans, on a smaller scale, for centuries after the end of the original pandemic, two new studies show.

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