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'Gerbils replace rats' as main cause of Black Death [1]

Black rats may not have been to blame for numerous outbreaks of the bubonic plague across Europe, a study suggests.

Publication Date: 
25/02/2015
BBC (UK) [2]
Tags:
Health [3], Plague [4], Asia [5], Europe [6], Diseases [7], Animal Diseases [8], Epidemics [9]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plague
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/asia
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diseases
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/animal-diseases
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/epidemics