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Computer graphic showing the structure of Yersinia pestis with an explanation and references.

Factsheet with causes, risk factors, symptoms, treatment, diagnosis, complications, and prevention.

Directory of news stories, factsheets, and articles.

Provides information on the effects, history, symptoms, treatment and origins of the Bubonic Plague commonly referred to as The Black Death.

Includes cause, symptoms and signs, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Article discusses antibiotic and multidrug resistance in Yersinia Pestis, the causative agent of Plague. Published by The New England Journal of Medicine.

Features contemporary perspectives, origins, causes and social effects.

A list of epidemics of the disease between 1348 and 1665. Includes references.

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.

Article by Venkat R Minnaganti, MD.

Article by Robert D Schremmer, MD.

Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and treatment.

Scientific and medical information about the organism and disease.

Includes symptoms, history, treatment, epidemiology, prevention and control, and scientific literature.