The bubonic plague was endemic in populations of infected ground rodents in Central Asia and was a known cause of death … See more

The network of global shipping ensured the widespread distribution of the disease over the next few decades. Recorded outbreaks included the following:
• Yunnan, Qing China 1860–1870.
• Beihai, Qing Chin… See more

Researchers working in Asia during the "Third Pandemic" identified plague vectors and the plague bacillus. In 1894, in Hong Kong, Swiss-born French bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin isolated the responsible bacterium (… See more

In the early 1900s, despite the increasing knowledge of germ theory and the rapid growth of scientific communities around the prevention of major disease, there was little the international communities could do other than … See more

In many instances, the third plague pandemic either revealed or exacerbated major social conflicts and racial inequalities. Many of the ports infected during the plague were at the time in British colonies. Because o… See more

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