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Pneumonic plague — AQA GCSE History Definition | GradeGen

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Pneumonic plague

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A form of plague affecting the lungs which can spread between people through infectious respiratory droplets.

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AQA GCSE History · 8145

Paper 2

Pneumonic plague affected the lungs and could spread between people through coughing and infectious droplets. Both forms help explain why plague could spread so dangerously.
Revise: Public Health in the Middle Ages

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