Plague Bacterial Infectious Diseases

Plague Bacterial Infectious Diseases

Plague is a severe disease caused by the bacteria, Yersinia pestis. It has several forms - bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, and septicemic plague. It can be treated with antibiotics if the disease is recognized in time. This is the disease that caused the "black death" throughout history. The disease is transmitted by fleas from infected rats and other rodents. I can also spread person to person by body fluids and aerosol droplets.

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InteliHealth: Plague - Factsheet with symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and prognosis.
Click2Disasters - The Black Death, Scourge of the Middle Ages - Examines "The Black Death" and its devastating effects on people during the Middle Ages.
Plague: Yersinia pestis - Scientific and medical information about the organism and disease.
eMedicine - Plague - Article by Venkat R Minnaganti, MD.
The History of the Black Death - Historical information, pictures, causes, superstitions, and outcomes dealing with the bubonic plague.
Perspectives on Plague - Features photographs, history, paintings, molecular models, and links.
Multidrug Resistance in Yersinia Pestis Mediated by a Transferable Plasmid - Article discusses antibiotic and multidrug resistance in Yersinia Pestis, the causative agent of Plague. Published by The New England Journal of Medicine.
eMedicine - Bubonic Plague - A physician's report on bubonic plague infection, transmission patterns, and associated symptoms. Includes pictures of bubonic plague patients as well as a review of septicemic plague and pneumonic plague.
Russell Kightley Media - Computer graphic showing the structure of Yersinia pestis with an explanation and references.
Bubonic Plague and the Black Death - Provides information on the effects, history, symptoms, treatment and origins of the Bubonic Plague commonly referred to as The Black Death.
CIDRAP Plague Home Page - Medical overview aimed at clinicians in identifying and treating plague, along with updated news and links related to the disease.
Plague - World Health Organization information on plague, focusing on recent outbreaks and epidemics.
MayoClinic.com - Plague - Includes cause, symptoms and signs, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
eMedicine Health - Plague - Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and treatment.
MedlinePlus: Plague - Directory of news stories, factsheets, and articles.
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Plague - Factsheet with causes, risk factors, symptoms, treatment, diagnosis, complications, and prevention.
CDC Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases: Plague - Includes symptoms, history, treatment, epidemiology, prevention and control, and scientific literature.
TED Cast Study Bubonic Plague - The role of trade in transmitting the Black Death.

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