Plague is a severe disease caused by the bacteria, Yersinia pestis. It has several forms - bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, and septicemic plague. It can be successfully treated with antibiotics if the disease is recognized in time.
This is the disease that caused the "black death" throughout history. It is transmitted by fleas from infected rats and other rodents. It can also spread person to person via body fluids and aerosol droplets.
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Provides information on the effects, history, symptoms, treatment and origins of the Bubonic Plague commonly referred to as The Black Death.
Includes symptoms, history, treatment, epidemiology, prevention and control, and scientific literature.
Features contemporary perspectives, origins, causes and social effects.
A physician's report on bubonic plague infection, transmission patterns, and associated symptoms. Includes pictures of bubonic plague patients as well as a review of septicemic plague and pneumonic plague.
Article by Robert D Schremmer, MD.
Article by Venkat R Minnaganti, MD.
Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and treatment.
Includes cause, symptoms and signs, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Factsheet with causes, risk factors, symptoms, treatment, diagnosis, complications, and prevention.
Directory of news stories, factsheets, and articles.
A list of epidemics of the disease between 1348 and 1665. Includes references.
Scientific and medical information about the organism and disease.
Computer graphic showing the structure of Yersinia pestis with an explanation and references.
Article discusses antibiotic and multidrug resistance in Yersinia Pestis, the causative agent of Plague. Published by The New England Journal of Medicine.
(July 04, 1997)
Includes cause, symptoms and signs, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Factsheet with causes, risk factors, symptoms, treatment, diagnosis, complications, and prevention.
Includes symptoms, history, treatment, epidemiology, prevention and control, and scientific literature.
Directory of news stories, factsheets, and articles.
Scientific and medical information about the organism and disease.
Article by Robert D Schremmer, MD.
A physician's report on bubonic plague infection, transmission patterns, and associated symptoms. Includes pictures of bubonic plague patients as well as a review of septicemic plague and pneumonic plague.
Article by Venkat R Minnaganti, MD.
Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and treatment.
Features contemporary perspectives, origins, causes and social effects.
A list of epidemics of the disease between 1348 and 1665. Includes references.
Provides information on the effects, history, symptoms, treatment and origins of the Bubonic Plague commonly referred to as The Black Death.
Computer graphic showing the structure of Yersinia pestis with an explanation and references.
Article discusses antibiotic and multidrug resistance in Yersinia Pestis, the causative agent of Plague. Published by The New England Journal of Medicine.
(July 04, 1997)
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