The Plague
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| Originally published | 1947 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Albert Camus |
| Set in | Oran |
| French Algeria | |
| Original title | La Peste |
| Characters | Doctor Bernard Rieux |
| Father Paneloux | |
| Jean Tarrou | |
| Genres | Novel |
| Existential Fiction | |
| Psychological Fiction | |
| Philosophical Fiction | |
| Absurdist Fiction | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2324323 |
About The Plague
The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that tells the story of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. It asks a number of questions relating to the nature of destiny and the human condition.
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... That project used cutting-edge techniques to learn more about the consequences of the Black Death in Cambridge, including how epidemic diseases affect our evolution, and found the first direct archaeological evidence of The Plague in Britain...
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Plague: Ancient teeth reveal where Black Death began, researchers say
... The research team were able to find The Plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, in three of them...
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...Boris Johnson at the Parthenon, in may 2012, shortly before the Olympic games in London How Boris Johnson, who is recovering from Covid-19 s, he is undoubtedly thinking of an earlier epidemic, says Oxford classicist Armand D Angour - The Plague that hit Athens in 430 BC, and killed the Prime Minister, hero, Pericles...
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Plague: Ancient teeth reveal where Black Death began, researchers say
Researchers believe they have discovered the origins of the Black Death , More Than 600 years after it killed tens of millions in Europe, Asia and North Africa .
The mid-14th Century health catastrophe is one of The Most significant disease episodes in Human History .
But despite years of research, scientists had been unable to pinpoint where the bubonic Plague began.
Now analysis suggests it was in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia , in the 1330s.
A research team from the University of Stirling in Scotland and Germany's Max Planck Institute and University of Tubingen analysed ancient DNA samples from The Teeth of skeletons in cemeteries near Lake Issyk Kul, in Kyrgyzstan.
They chose the area after noting a significant spike in burials there in 1338 and 1339.
Dr Maria Spyrou, a researcher at the University of Tubingen, said The Team sequenced DNA from seven skeletons.
They analysed The Teeth because, according to Dr Spyrou, they contain many blood vessels and give researchers " high chances of detecting blood-borne pathogens That may have caused the deaths of the individuals".
The research team were able to find The Plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, in three of them.
Dr Philip Slavin, a historian at the University of Stirling, said of The Discovery : " Our study puts to rest one of the biggest and most fascinating questions in history and determines when and where the single most notorious and infamous killer of humans began. "
The research does have some limitations - including the small sample size.
Dr Michael Knapp from the University of Otago in New Zealand , who was not involved in The Work , praised it as " really valuable" but noted: " Data from far more individuals, times and regions. . would really help clarify what the data presented here really means. "
The researchers' work was published, titled " The Source of the Black Death in fourteenth-century central Eurasia".
What is bubonic Plague ?That is caused by bacteria called Yersinia pestis That live in some animals - mainly rodents - and their fleas.
Bubonic Plague is The Most common form of the disease That people can get. The name comes from the symptoms it Causes - painful, swollen lymph nodes or 'buboes' in the groin or armpit.
From 2010 to 2015, there were 3,248 cases reported worldwide, including 584 deaths.
Historically, it has also been called the Black Death , in reference to the gangrenous blackening and death of Body Parts , such as the fingers and toes, That can happen with the illness.
Source of news: bbc.com
