Scientists find way to beat the Black Death.(News)

From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: May 5, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: LAURA DAVIS

SCIENTISTS in Liverpool have uncovered a new way of predicting outbreaks of the Black Death that occur throughout the world.

Existing methods involve testing rodents that carry the disease, which is expensive and time consuming.

The Liverpool University team has found a plague epidemic occurs two years after a peak in the animals'population.

This means public health officials can monitor the rodents' burrows and prepare for an outbreak.

Mike Begon,Professor of Ecology in the university's Schoolof Biological Sciences, said:``The two-year ...

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