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.
Also Known As:
Bubonic Plague; Pneumonic Plague; Plague, Bubonic; Black Death; Black Plague; Septicemic Plague; Black Deaths; Black Plagues; Death, Black; Deaths, Black; Meningeal Plagues; Plague, Black; Plague, Meningeal; Plague, Pneumonic; Plague, Pulmonic; Plague, Septicemic; Plagues, Black; Plagues, Meningeal; Plagues, Pneumonic; Plagues, Pulmonic; Plagues, Septicemic; Pneumonic Plagues; Pulmonic Plagues; Septicemic Plagues; Meningeal Plague; Pulmonic Plague