THE PLAGUE OF ATHENS

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The plague of Athens (Greek: ΛοιμόςτωνΑθηνών) became prevalent when the victory of Athens, which destroyed the city state of Athens in ancient Greece in 430 BC, was within reach. It is believed to enter Athens through Piraeus, the city harbor and the sole source of food and supplies. Although the impact is small, this disease has developed in most areas of the eastern Mediterranean. Pesto returned twice in the winter of 429 BC and 427/426 BC. Some people proposed about 30 pathogens causing plague

In the past 60 years, the plague that hit Athens has been confirmed as one of a dozen infectious diseases. Among J. F. D. "Plague of Athens", Shrewsbury considered that the disease was "new" for Athens. Thucydides suggested that Greek physicians are not aware of the disease that struck the population. The reason why Thucydides explained these symptoms was to allow future people to recognize the recurrence of this disease. Shrewsbury provided a list of comments from the identification of the disease that CE tried in the 1940's. Typhus, typhoid fever, smallpox, plague and combinations of the foregoing

Using epidemiological methods and mathematical models to compare Athens' infectious diseases with other previously mentioned ancient infectious diseases, David M. Morens and Robert J. Littman reported a possible mode of transmission in Athens epidemiological phenomena Limited, thereby excluding certain ones. According to several reasons and diagnostic authors, there are three types of infections: common causes (from food and water sources), people to people, and reservoirs (popular from animals, insects or the environment Izumi). As illness spreads rapidly and extensively, the epidemic may be a respiratory system, thus causing a pool of animals or insects as a possible cause, while causing extensive destruction of human life . In this case, the epidemic in Athens most closely resembles typhoid or smallpox events. Both match best in the description of Thucydides records.