#plague a serious (sometimes fatal) infection transmitted by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague)
supertype: #epidemic_disease any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
subtype: #bubonic_plague__bubonicplague plague characterized by delirium and the formation of buboes
subtype: #Black_Death__black_plague__blackplague the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe
subtype: #pneumonic_plague__pneumonicplague characterized by lung involvement
subtype: #septicemic_plague an especially dangerous form in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream
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