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In medicine:

• Plague (disease), a specific disease caused by Yersinia pestis. There are three major manifestations:
  • Bubonic plague
  • Septicemic plague
  • Pneumonic plague
• Any bubo-causing disease
• A pandemic caused by such a disease
• Any pestilence, a virulent and highly infectious disease

In history: Binomial name (Lehmann & Neumann, 1896) van Loghem 1944 Yersinia pestis (Pasteurella pestis) is a Gram-negative facultative anaerobic bipolar-staining (giving it a safety pin appearance) bacillus bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae. ... Bubonic plague is the best-known manifestation of the bacterial disease plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. ... Plague redirects here. ... Plague redirects here. ... A bubo is a swelling of the lymph nodes, found in an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis or syphilis. ... For other uses, see Pandemic (disambiguation). ... Look up pestilence in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

• Black Death, also known as The Black Plague: the Eurasian pandemic thought to have been caused by bubonic plague, beginning in the 14th century with repeated outbreaks until the 18th century
• Plague of Justinian, a pandemic in 541-542AD in the Byzantine Empire, considered to have caused or contributed to the Black Death
• Antonine Plague, an ancient pandemic in 165-189AD brought back to the Roman Empire by troops returning from campaigns in the Near East
• Third Pandemic, a major plague pandemic that began in China in 1855, spread via trade routes around the world. This episode was considered active until 1959, when worldwide casualties dropped to 200 per year.
• List of historical plagues

In art and literature: This article concerns the mid fourteenth century pandemic. ... The Plague of Justinian was a pandemic that afflicted the Byzantine Empire, including its capital Constantinople, in the years 541–542 AD. It has been speculated that this pandemic marked an early recorded incidence of bubonic plague, which centuries later became infamous for either causing or contributing to the Black... The Antonine Plague, 165-180 C.E., also known as the Plague of Galen, was an ancient pandemic, either of smallpox or measles brought back to the Roman Empire by troops returning from campaigns in the Near East. ... Worldwide distribution of plague infected animals 1998 Third Pandemic is the designation of a major plague pandemic that began in the Yunan province in China in 1855. ... The term plague, in human history, refers to an epidemic disease causing a high rate of mortality, i. ...

• Plagues of Egypt, the 10 calamities that God inflicted on Egypt in the book of Exodus
• The Plague, a novel by Albert Camus
• The Plague (magazine), New York University's comedy magazine
• A Journal of the Plague Year, a novel by Daniel Defoe
• The Plague (Dragon Prince), an epidemic in Melanie Rawn's fantasy novel Dragon Prince
• Plague (2000 novel), a novel by Malcolm Rose
• Plague 99, 1989 novel by Jean Ure
• The Scarlet Plague, 1912 novel by Jack London

In popular culture: The Plagues of Egypt (Hebrew: ), the Biblical Plagues or the Ten Plagues (Hebrew: ) are the ten calamities foisted upon Egypt by God in the Bible (as recounted in the book of Exodus, chapters 7 - 12), in order to convince Pharaoh[1] to let the Israelite slaves go to the desert... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The cover of the Fall 2006 issue of The Plague The Plague is New York Universitys campus comedy magazine. ... A Journal of the Plague Year is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in March 1722. ... The Plague is a fictional epidemic in Melanie Rawns novel Dragon Prince, which is the first book of her Dragon Prince trilogy. ... Malcolm Rose is a British author. ... Plague 99 (ISBN: 0152624295) is a book written by Jean Ure. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ...

• The Plague (film), a 2006 horror film
• The Plague (Father Ted), an episode of Father Ted
• The Plague (band), a New Zealand band
• The Plague (English punk rock band), an English band
• Plagues (album) by The Devil Wears Prada
• Plague (wrestler), the stage name of a U.S. professional wrestler

Other: The Plague is a 2006 horror film directed by Hal Masonberg and written by Hal Masonberg and Teal Minton. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Plague were a New Zealand art/rock band featuring Richard von Sturmer. ... // The Plague are an English punk rock band. ... Plagues is the second full-length album released by The Devil Wears Prada on Rise Records. ...

• Widespread influx of an animal species afflicting the environment and/or agriculture
• Capacitor plague, a condition afflicting computer motherboards in which capacitors fail
• Corrupted Blood, a virtual plague that occurred in the video game World of Warcraft

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