Do ethnic group today hold a colloquial imperviousness to the Black Plague?
Europeans or people of European descent, I mean. If 30-60 percent of Europe was wipe out but the rest survived, does that mean that they passed on a natural immunity to their children and grandchildren, etc? I've hear that the majority of people from European descent have a natural imperviousness but I'm not sure if it's true. Just curious, the Black Plague is fascinating. Thanks!
Answers: Those who never got the plague or recovered probably passed on their resilient genes.
I'd say it's totally possible.
No immunity for sufferers, except those that fought of the decease. Due to an inherent immunity? The infection has been virtually eliminated, (the fleas on the rats surrounded by the sewer system) but people do still get it and die from it. The hovels in India, the squatter camp in South Africa for example.
Peace.
There weren't many people who recovered from the Black Plague. The ones who survived be the ones who never got it. They may have been easily immune, but chances are they were the lucky ones who were not bitten by infected fleas.
The plague didn't factor itself to Europe, and is known to have started in Asia and spread to Africa. Since it is carried by fleas who are carried by rats, it hasn't set itself in its spread. The rats who carried it are not native to the Americas, but have pretty much moved surrounded by coast-to-coast since Columbus, and now a lot of wild rodents transport infected fleas.
your question sparked a memory. There has been research into culture who seem to be resistant to HIV, and there are scientists who have found that some be descendants of people who developed plague in the middle ages and survived. PBS had a program roughly speaking this. Apparently if their genetic makeup could allow them to survive the plague, it could also allow them to resist HIV. This is impossible to prove, but it is an intriguing concept. Check the link. Source(s): http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/previous…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yersinia_pe…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death
People still catch it... It's just not common due to us, ya know, kickin it's *... Source(s): David Hasselhoff
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Answers: Those who never got the plague or recovered probably passed on their resilient genes.
I'd say it's totally possible.
No immunity for sufferers, except those that fought of the decease. Due to an inherent immunity? The infection has been virtually eliminated, (the fleas on the rats surrounded by the sewer system) but people do still get it and die from it. The hovels in India, the squatter camp in South Africa for example.
Peace.
There weren't many people who recovered from the Black Plague. The ones who survived be the ones who never got it. They may have been easily immune, but chances are they were the lucky ones who were not bitten by infected fleas.
The plague didn't factor itself to Europe, and is known to have started in Asia and spread to Africa. Since it is carried by fleas who are carried by rats, it hasn't set itself in its spread. The rats who carried it are not native to the Americas, but have pretty much moved surrounded by coast-to-coast since Columbus, and now a lot of wild rodents transport infected fleas.
your question sparked a memory. There has been research into culture who seem to be resistant to HIV, and there are scientists who have found that some be descendants of people who developed plague in the middle ages and survived. PBS had a program roughly speaking this. Apparently if their genetic makeup could allow them to survive the plague, it could also allow them to resist HIV. This is impossible to prove, but it is an intriguing concept. Check the link. Source(s): http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/previous…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yersinia_pe…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death
People still catch it... It's just not common due to us, ya know, kickin it's *... Source(s): David Hasselhoff
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