Plague

See also:

• Health: Conditions and Diseases: Infectious Diseases: Vector Borne  (16)
• Health: Conditions and Diseases: Infectious Diseases: Zoonoses  (33)
• Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Fleas  (10)

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.

CDC Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases: Plague - - Includes symptoms, history, treatment, epidemiology, prevention and control, and scientific literature.

CIDRAP Plague Home Page - - Medical overview aimed at clinicians in identifying and treating plague, along with updated news and links related to the disease.

Click2Disasters - The Black Death, Scourge of the Middle Ages - - Examines "The Black Death" and its devastating effects on people during the Middle Ages.

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.

eMedicine - Plague - - Article by Venkat R Minnaganti, MD.

eMedicine - Plague - - Article by Robert D Schremmer, MD.

eMedicine Health - Plague - - Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and treatment.

The History of the Black Death - - Historical information, pictures, causes, superstitions, and outcomes dealing with the bubonic plague.

InteliHealth: Plague - - Factsheet with symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and prognosis.

MayoClinic.com - Plague - - Includes cause, symptoms and signs, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Plague - - Factsheet with causes, risk factors, symptoms, treatment, diagnosis, complications, and prevention.

MedlinePlus: Plague - - Directory of news stories, factsheets, and articles.

Perspectives on Plague - - Features photographs, history, paintings, molecular models, and links.

Plague - - World Health Organization information on plague, focusing on recent outbreaks and epidemics.

Plague Fact Sheet - Center for Biosecurity of UPMC - - Discusses the use of the bacteria as a biological weapon.

Plague Facts - - Includes cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Plague: Yersinia pestis - - Scientific and medical information about the organism and disease.

Russell Kightley Media - - Computer graphic showing the structure of Yersinia pestis with an explanation and references.

TED Cast Study Bubonic Plague - - The role of trade in transmitting the Black Death.