"Black Death" Ancestor of Modern Epidemic

"Black Death" Ancestor of Modern Epidemic
Aulia Akbar
Friday, 12 April 2013 05:01 AM

NEW YORK - Black Death plague that killed half of the total resident population of Europe in the mid-14 rated as "ancestor" of modern disease outbreaks. Investigation of the deadly disease that too is still not over.

Many health experts believe, the bad bacteria in the Black Death plague is Yersinia Pestis. That cause disease outbreaks associated with the plague, but at that time, the disease killed millions of people.

Scientists began studying the DNA of the victim who was buried in 1348 in London's past. They also argue, all modern plagues that appears at this time comes from the evolution of the ancient disease.

"The data that we collect from these papers show something mesmerizing about the origins of the disease (Black Death). These data indicate that the disease in 1348 in medieval London are the ancestors of all modern diseases that exist in this world," said a Canadian University geneticist Hendrik Poinar, in History.com, Friday (04/12/2013).

"It means, that the plague appeared in India, Africa, Colorado comes from the disease appeared in London in 1348, the Black Death," he said.

As is known, the Black Death plague spread very quickly. Some problems that arise among people in the Middle Ages include the low level of hygiene, malnutrition, and humility endurance.

Barney Sloane, an archaeologist who wrote a book quietly Black Death says that there is evidence of Yersinia Pestis causes deadly outbreak in Europe, but there is no clear confirmation about it. Sloane judge, other bacteria have damaged the bones of Black Death victims were buried before the 1340an. Sloane assume, there may Yersinia Pestis, the bacteria but not the main cause of the Black Death.