rottidelt, oravatelt jm. närilistelt rotikirpude vahendusel inimesele leviv, bakteri Yersinia pestis tekitatud infektsioonhaigus, mis põhjustas keskajal (Eestis veel XVIII sajandil) hävitavaid epideemiaid ja tänapäeval esineb piirkonniti endeemsena
a very severe, acute, and epidemic infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which is found in rodents and their fleas, and is transmissible to humans
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There are three major forms of the disease: bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic.
... eriti ohtlik nakkushaigus – suure nakatuvusega haigus, mis levib kiiresti ja ulatuslikult või mille kulg on raske või eluohtlik. Käesoleva seaduse tähenduses on eriti ohtlikud nakkushaigused katk, koolera, kollapalavik, viiruslikud hemorraagilised palavikud ja tuberkuloos;
Plague can be treated successfully if it is caught early; the mortality rate for treated disease is 1-15% but 40-60% in untreated cases. Untreated pneumonic plague is almost always fatal, however, and the chances of survival are very low unless specific antibiotic treatment is started within 15-18 hours after symptoms appear. ... Septicemic plague has a mortality rate of 40% in treated cases and 100% in untreated cases.
Plague was the cause of some of the most-devastating epidemics in history.
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