1347～1351年间,一种疾病像野火一样在欧洲蔓延,染疾而死的有2500万人,占当时欧洲人口的3/1。患者首先感到疼痛、发烧和腹泻,继而淋巴结肿大,皮肤上出现红斑。随后,患者会吐血,三日内死亡。生还者们称它为大瘟疫,维多利亚女王时代的科学家们称它为黑死病。迄今为止,它仍是有史以来最惨的一场传染病。然而,对于这种肆虐跋扈的疾病,除了知道它的神秘和恐怖,我们还知道什么? Between 1347 and 1351, a disease spread like a wildfire in Europe, killing 25 million people, accounting for 3/1 of Europe’s population at the time. Patients first feel pain, fever and diarrhea, followed by swollen lymph nodes, erythema on the skin. Subsequently, the patient vomited blood and died within three days. The survivors call it the Great Plague, and the Victorian scientists call it Black Death. To date, it remains the worst infectious disease ever. However, for this rampant domineering disease, in addition to knowing its mystery and terror, what else do we know?