Plague — This plague swept across western and central Europe during the fourteenth century, killing about one third of the 60,000,000 people living in that area. Needless to say, it destroyed the economy of affected areas. The cost of labor went up,… … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
Plague — The plague is an infectious disease due to a bacteria called Yersinia pestis. Y. pestis mainly infects rats and other rodents. Rodents are the prime reservoir for the bacteria. Fleas function as the prime vectors carrying the bacteria from one… … Medical dictionary
plague — /pleɪg / (say playg) noun 1. an epidemic disease of high mortality; a pestilence. 2. Also, the plague, bubonic plague. an infectious, epidemic disease, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and carried by fleas from rodents. Symptoms include… …
plague — n. 1) any epidemic disease with a high death rate. 2) an acute epidemic disease of rats and other wild rodents caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which is transmitted to humans by rat fleas. Bubonic plague, the most common form of the… … The new mediacal dictionary
Bubonic Plague — This plague swept across western and central Europe during the fourteenth century, killing about one third of the 60,000,000 people living in that area. Needless to say, it destroyed the economy of affected areas. The cost of labor went up … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
Pneumonic Plague — This plague swept across western and central Europe during the fourteenth century, killing about one third of the 60,000,000 people living in that area. Needless to say, it destroyed the economy of affected areas. The cost of labor went up,… … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
Septicemic plague — Septicemic (or septicaemic) plague is a deadly blood infection by yersinia pestis, a gram negative bacterium. PathophysiologyThe disease can result from bubonic and pneumonic plague when bacteria enter the blood from the lymphatic and respiratory … Wikipedia
Чума (Plague) — 1. Эпидемическое заболевание, характеризующееся высокой смертностью. 2. Острое эпидемическое заболевание крыс и некоторых диких грызунов,вызываемое бактериями вида Yersinia pestis; переносчиком его являются крысиные блохи. Одной из наиболее часто … Медицинские термины
ЧУМА — (plague) 1. Эпидемическое заболевание, характеризующееся высокой смертностью. 2. Острое эпидемическое заболевание крыс и некоторых диких грызунов,вызываемое бактериями вида Yersinia pestis; переносчиком его являются крысиные блохи. Одной из… … Толковый словарь по медицине
Black Death — ), [ [http://www.pasteur.fr/actu/presse/press/07pesteTIGR E.htm Researchers sound the alarm: the multidrug resistance of the plague bacillus could spread] ] but recently attributed by some to other diseases.The pandemic is thought to have begun… … Wikipedia
