Plague
An acute infectious disease caused by YERSINIA PESTIS that affects humans, wild rodents, and their ectoparasites. This condition persists due to its firm entrenchment in sylvatic rodent-flea ecosystems throughout the world. Bubonic plague is the most common form.
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Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.400.310.980.390, C01.920.906
MeSH Unique ID: D010930
Entry Terms:
- Yersinia pestis Infection
- Pneumonic Plague
- Bubonic Plague
- Meningeal Plague
- Pulmonic Plague
- Septicemic Plague
- Black Death
- Black Plague