Plague: Plague is an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis. (Source: excerpt from CDC Plague Home Page: DVBID) ... more about Plague.
Plague: A rare but serious bacterial infection involving the bacterium Yersinia Pestis which can be carried by rodents and transmitted to humans by flea bites or through direct contact with an infected animal. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Plague is available below.
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Prognosis for Plague: About 1 in 7 cases in the USA are fatal
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Plague is an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis. (Source: excerpt from CDC Plague Home Page: DVBID)
The etiologic agent of PLAGUE in man, rats, ground squirrels, and other rodents. - (Source - Diseases Database)
A serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague) - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Plague is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Plague, or a subtype of Plague,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Plague as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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