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Bubonic Plague Strikes In Mongolia: Why Is It Still A Threat?
May 07, 2019
Melody Schreiber
Rae Ellen Bichell
The bacterium that causes the plague travels around on fleas. This flea illustration is from Robert Hooke's Micrographia, published in London in 1665. (Getty Images)
