Peste negra, Peste Bubónica, Peste Bubonica, peste bubónica (trastorno), peste bubónica, peste fulminante, peste glandular, peste mayor, Peste bubónica
A Gram-negative bacterial infection caused by Yersinia pestis. It is usually transmitted to humans from bites of infected rodent fleas. It is manifested as a bubonic, septicemic, or pneumonic plague. In bubonic plague, the lymph nodes adjacent to the site of the skin bite are infected and enlarged. In septicemic plague, the infection spreads directly through the bloodstream. In pneumonic plague, the infection spreads to the lungs either following bubonic plague, or by inhalation of infective droplets. If untreated, it may lead to death.
Definition (CHV)
an infectious disease
Definition (CHV)
an infectious disease
Definition (CHV)
an infectious disease
Definition (CHV)
an infectious disease
Definition (MEDLINEPLUS)
Plague is an infection caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The bacteria are found mainly in rats and in the fleas that feed on them. People and other animals can get plague from rat or flea bites. Historically, plague destroyed entire civilizations. In the 1300s, the "Black Death," as it was called, killed approximately one-third of Europe's population. Today plague is uncommon. This is largely due to better living conditions and antibiotics.
There are three forms of plague:
Bubonic, which causes the tonsils, adenoids, spleen and thymus to become inflamed. Symptoms include fever, aches, chills and tender lymph glands
Septicemic, in which bacteria multiply in the blood. It causes fever, chills, shock and bleeding under the skin or other organs
Pneumonic, in which the bacteria enter the lungs and cause pneumonia. People with the infection can spread this form to others. This type could be a bioterror agent
Treatment for plague is a strong antibiotic. There is no vaccine for plague.
NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Definition (MSH)
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.
Definition (CSP)
acute infectious disease caused by Yersinia pestis that affects humans, wild rodents, and their ectoparasites; bubonic plague is the most common form.
Infection à Yersinia pestis, Peste, non précisée, Peste non précisée, Peste
German
Pest, unspezifisch, Yersinia pestis-Infektion, unspezifische Pest, Pest, nicht naeher bezeichnet, Pest
Italian
Infezione da Yersinia pestis, Peste non specificata, Peste
Portuguese
Peste NE, Infecção por Yersinia pestis, Peste
Spanish
Infección por Yersinia pestis, Peste no especificada, Plague unspecified, infección por Yersinia pestis, peste (trastorno), peste no especificada (trastorno), peste no especificada, peste, Peste