NALT

Preferred term

plague

Topic

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.

bacterial infections

Yersinia pestis

bubonic plague

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

28924

Spanish

peste bubónica

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/15173

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 1/15/13