plague
- Resource Type
- Reference Entry
Subject Reference
- Authors
- Source
- The Oxford Companion to Medicine, 3 ed., 2006.
- Subject
- Medicine and Health
- Language
- English
is a severe bacterial infection due to the organism Yersinia pestis (formerly known as Pasteurella pestis). It is endemic in parts of South-East Asia and Africa, and occurs sporadically elsewhere. [...]