Plague Transmission: From Fleas to Humans Since Antiquity

Two flea species are responsible for plague transmission between animals and humans.

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Historians Jacqueline Brossollet and writer Fred Vargas explain this mechanism.

This discovery ended theories about miasmas and contagious gazes.

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