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... > Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections > Enterobacteriaceae Infections > Yersinia Infections > Plague
Infections > Vector Borne Diseases > Plague

Preferred term

Plague  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Yersinia pestis Infection

Note

  • Pasteurella pestis or Yersinia pestis infection only; swine plague = HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA /vet (IM) + SWINE DISEASES (IM) but do not confuse with African swine plague ( = AFRICAN SWINE FEVER)

Scope note

  • 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.

In other languages

  • rutto

    Finnish

  • infectio a yersinia pestis
  • musta surma
  • määrittämätön rutto
  • ospecificerad pest
  • pest
  • pestis
  • pestis non specificata
  • Yersinia pestis -bakteerin aiheuttamat infektiot
  • Pest

    Swedish

  • Digerdöden
  • Farsot
  • Yersinia pestis infektion

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010930

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