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plague plague outbreak of 1664–66 in London
Know the investigations of researchers using genomic information to reconstruct the cause and transmission routes of the bubonic plague and the Black Death
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Know the investigations of researchers using genomic information to reconstruct the cause and transmission routes of the bubonic plague and the Black Death
Researchers using genomic information to trace the transmission routes in past epidemics...
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Image depicting victims of the sixth biblical plague.
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plague outbreak of 1664–66 in London
A scene of death and despair in a London street during the plague outbreak of 1664–66,...
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Black Death
Plague victims during the Black Death, 14th century.
Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine
Great Plague of London
The Plague Pit, a mass burial of victims during the Great Plague of London...
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locations of plague outbreaks in the 1800s and early 1900s
A map showing the locations of plague outbreaks in the 1800s and early 1900s.
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