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Preferred term

Plague  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • Yersinia pestis Infection

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-M761PX7H-K

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