The History Of Disease

  • 541

    Black Plague

    The Black plague is spread by rodent and their fleas which could jump onto humans and infect them
  • Smallpox

    There was about 3,538 recorded smallpox deaths for the year in London.
  • The Eradication of Smallpox

    Smallpox was declared to be wiped out
  • HIV/ADIS

    AIDS was discovered around 1980.
  • Mad Cow Disease

    143 people in Britain were infected.
  • Cholera

    Cholera is an infection of the small intestine. Heavy rainfall is accelerating the spread of cholera in Sierra Leone and Guinea. the disease has killed 327 people and infected more than 17,400 in both countries since February.