Pest

Of epidemic disease.   May also be referred to as pestilence, pestis and plague.

A serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal.

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  • bubonic plague 2 facts

    The most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration,...

  • septicemic plague 0 facts

    An especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting...

  • pneumonic plague 0 facts

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