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Descriptor
English
:
Plague
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Peste
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Peste
Synonyms
English
:
Bubonic Plague
Meningeal Plague
Pneumonic Plague
Pulmonic Plague
Tree Number:
C01.252.400.310.980.745
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
Pasteurella pestis
or
Yersinia pestis
infection
only; swine
plague
=
HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA
/vet (IM) +
SWINE DISEASES
(IM) but do not confuse with African swine
plague
( =
AFRICAN SWINE FEVER
)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
TM
transmission
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
11362
Unique Identifier:
D010930
Occurrence in VHL
:
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