pestis.įirst, they suggest that these records show that the organism that caused the Black Death was directly transmitted, rather than having a vector intermediate (such as the flea). They've investigated historical records in a number of areas and concluded that many different lines of evidence converge and suggest that the Black Death couldn't have been caused by Y. Scott and Duncan argue that several points don't jibe when it comes to Y. it was certainly not the causative agent in the Black Death or in any other of the outbreaks in England." "Historians jumped on the bubonic plague idea in the early 20th-century when the disease was first described in India but. pestis, the current champions of this line of thought are Susan Scott and Christopher Duncan, who have co-authored several papers and books either addressing or focusing on this topic. Though several scientists throughout the years have suggested that perhaps Black Plague wasn't caused by Y. pestis causation, which is really what has driven exploration of the "alternative" hypotheses.
Today, I'll discuss the alleged shortcomings with Y. pestis causation assumption have been suggested. To this end, several alternative etiologies for Black Plague have been put forth, and shortcomings with the mainstream Y. Though the bacterium Yersinia pestis is almost universally accepted as the causative organism, like many areas of science, there are a few individuals who disagree with the consensus. As I noted last week, Shelley mentioned a topic that's been brought up here a few times in the comments section: alternative theories for causes of the Black Plague (the devastating plague that ravaged Europe beginning in ~1347 and eventually killed more than a third of the population).
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