Take bubonic plague for example. The disease is most commonly transmitted to humans through flea bites, and the fleas live on rodents.

以黑死病为例。这种疾病最常通过跳蚤叮咬传染给人类，跳蚤生存在啮齿类动物上。

They also ruled out bubonic plague or tuberculosis.

他们还排除了图坦卡蒙患有黑死病或肺结核。

People praying for relief from the bubonic plague Photo: getty.

人们向上苍祈祷，以免受黑死病的折磨。图片来源：盖蒂图片社。

The lung disease is caused by the same bacterium as bubonic plague.

这种肺病与黑死病一样，是由同一种杆菌引起的。

Swiss bacteriologist who discovered the bacillus that causes bubonic plague.

瑞士细菌学家，曾发现了产生黑死病的杆状菌。