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The Black Death was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.

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Is it true that the Black Death was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis?

Yes. Multiple reference and peer-reviewed sources state directly that the Black Death was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, including ancient-DNA studies of victims. Several other sources link Y. pestis to plague and to the Black Death more indirectly.

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Black Death
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Black Death. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death

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Targeted enrichment of ancient pathogens yielding the pPCP1 plasmid of Yersinia pestis from victims of the Black Death
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Targeted enrichment of ancient pathogens yielding the pPCP1 plasmid of Yersinia pestis from victims of the Black Death. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1105107108

An Overview of the Plague Situation and Its Vectors in Iran
2024
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Nikookar, S. H., Bagheri, G., Dehghan, O., Sahraee, F., Dinan, M. F., & Haghi, S. F. M. (2024). An Overview of the Plague Situation and Its Vectors in Iran. jmums.mazums.ac.ir. http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-20851-en.pdf

Encyclopedia of Insects
2003
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Resh, V. H. & Cardé, R. T. (2003). Encyclopedia of Insects. play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=Ip57QSMCRk4C&source=gbs_api

Development of Phage-Based Single Chain Fv Antibody Reagents for Detection of Yersinia pestis
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Development of Phage-Based Single Chain Fv Antibody Reagents for Detection of Yersinia pestis. (n.d.). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027756

LibreTexts: 32.14: Climate Change Infectious Disease and Pandemics
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LibreTexts: 32.14%3A Climate Change Infectious Disease and Pandemics. (n.d.). bio.libretexts.org. https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Biochemistry/Fundamentals_of_Biochemistry_(Jakubowski_and_Flatt)/Unit_IV_-_Special_Topics/32%3A_Biochemistry_and_Climate_Change/32.14%3A_Climate_Change_Infectious_Disease_and_Pandemics

Bubonic plague - Wikipedia
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Bubonic plague - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague

Evolution of immune genes is associated with the Black Death
2022
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Evolution of immune genes is associated with the Black Death. (2022). pasteur.hal.science. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05349-x

The Black Death: Pandemic Disease in the Medieval World, Syllabus for HST 302, Spring 2017
2017
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The Black Death: Pandemic Disease in the Medieval World, Syllabus for HST 302, Spring 2017. (2017). works.hcommons.org. https://works.hcommons.org/records/kz42e-j0x53

The source of the Black Death in fourteenth-century central Eurasia
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The source of the Black Death in fourteenth-century central Eurasia. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04800-3

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