"Plague" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D010930
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.310.980.745
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| Concept/Terms |
Plague- Plague
- Yersinia pestis Infection
- Infection, Yersinia pestis
- Infections, Yersinia pestis
- Yersinia pestis Infections
Septicemic Plague- Septicemic Plague
- Plague, Septicemic
- Plagues, Septicemic
- Septicemic Plagues
- Black Death
- Black Deaths
- Death, Black
- Deaths, Black
- Black Plague
- Black Plagues
- Plague, Black
- Plagues, Black
Pneumonic Plague- Pneumonic Plague
- Plague, Pneumonic
- Plagues, Pneumonic
- Pneumonic Plagues
Pulmonic Plague- Pulmonic Plague
- Plague, Pulmonic
- Plagues, Pulmonic
- Pulmonic Plagues
Meningeal Plague- Meningeal Plague
- Meningeal Plagues
- Plague, Meningeal
- Plagues, Meningeal
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plague" by people in Profiles.
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What's eating you? oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis). Cutis. 2020 Sep; 106(3):124-126.
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Rapid identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing of Yersinia pestis using bioluminescent reporter phage. J Microbiol Methods. 2012 Aug; 90(2):80-2.
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'Bioluminescent' reporter phage for the detection of Category A bacterial pathogens. J Vis Exp. 2011 Jul 08; (53):e2740.
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What's eating you? Oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis). Cutis. 2010 Dec; 86(6):282-4.
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What's eating you? Cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), Part 1: Clinical features and role as a disease vector. Cutis. 2010 May; 85(5):231-6.
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Diagnostic bioluminescent phage for detection of Yersinia pestis. J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Dec; 47(12):3887-94.
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What's eating you? Echidnophaga gallinacea (the sticktight flea). Cutis. 2001 Oct; 68(4):250.
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What's eating you? Xenopsylla cheopis. Cutis. 2000 Dec; 66(6):411-2.
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Plague in Vietnam. Clinical observations and treatment with kanamycin. Arch Intern Med. 1974 Feb; 133(2):280-3.