plague

Also known as Yersinia pestis infectious disease, obsolete Yersinia pestis infectious disease, the Plague, bubonic plague

specific contagious and frequently fatal human disease caused by Yersinia pestis

OverviewAI-generated

Plague, also referred to as Pest, is a medical condition classified under ICD-9-CM codes 020 and 020.9. It is identified in the NCI Thesaurus by the ID C85015 and matches the DOID identifier DOID:3482. Visual representations of the subject are available in the Commons gallery titled "Pestilence" and the Commons category "Plague."

The subject is described at a URL provided by the CDC Taiwan. It has been the topic of 14,008 PubMed articles. Additionally, the topic is referenced by 2,325 other encyclopedia articles. The number of deaths associated with the subject is recorded as 58.

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Research

14,008 papers

History of the Plague: An Ancient Pandemic for the Age of COVID-19.The American journal of medicine · 2021
Plague.Lancet (London, England) · 2007
Plague.British medical bulletin · 1998
Plague: Recognition, Treatment, and Prevention.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2018
Plague.Dermatologic clinics · 2004

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Encyclopedic overview

Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Symptoms include fever, weakness, headache and black lips. Usually, this begins one to seven days after exposure. There are three forms of plague, each affecting a different part of the body and causing associated symptoms. Pneumonic plague infects the lungs, causing shortness of breath, coughing and chest pain; bubonic plague affects the lymph nodes, making them swell; and septicemic plague infects the blood and can cause tissues to turn black and die.

The bubonic and septicemic forms are generally spread by flea bites or handling an infected animal, whereas pneumonic plague is generally spread between people through the air via infectious droplets. Diagnosis is typically made by finding the bacterium in fluid from a lymph node, blood or sputum.

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