MICROBIOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY LAB
MICROBIOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY LAB
Plague
A disastrous evil or affliction
Swelling or tumors
A deadly outbreak mentioned rats and mice
Bubonic Plague Yersinia pestis
The plague of Ashdod is a highly relevant event as a historical case study of microbiological epidemic likely caused by a microbial pathogen. It connects to epidemiology, zoonotic diseases, and the history of infectious disease, all core aspects of microbiology.
Microbiology
Microbiology
A field of science devoted to the study of organisms that are too small to see.
Microorganisms are ubiquitous
Present in soil, air, water, food, sewage, on body surfaces.