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What disease did the rats carry to cause the black death?

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The rats carried the bubonic Plague.

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Where did the rats get the disease from the Black Death?
Fleas latched on to black rats. When the ships carrying the rats stopped at Europe, the rats spilled out and the fleas jumped into people's clothing, skin, and hair. These fleas, infected, soon bit...
What type of disease can the black death cause?
bubonic plague
Did rats carry the black death plague?
Rats carried the flea that carried the plague that bit the human that contracted the black death. The bite of a rat flea ( Xenopsylla cheopis) caused the spread of bubonic plague.
Where the rats really the cause for the Black Death?
they were the ones who spread it but the rats caught it from parasites
Where did the rats carry the plague of black death?
The rats carried flees in their fur during the black death