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.
This concept's ID is @1~71211
Contains
- bubonic plague
The most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration,...
- septicemic plague
An especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting...
- pneumonic plague
A rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through...