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Plague
The word
Plague
has several different meanings.
For information on plagues in general, see
disease
,
infectious disease
,
pandemic
and
epidemic
.
For general discussion of the disease known as plague, see
bubonic plague
and
yersinia pestis
.
For the
Biblical
plagues, see
Ten plagues
.
For the specific outbreak of plague in the
Middle East
during the
sixth century
see
Plague of Justinian
.
For the specific outbreak of plague in
Europe
during the
fourteenth century
, see
Black Death
.
For the specific outbreak of plague in
London
in the
1660s
, see
Great Plague
.
For the specific outbreak of plague in
Asia
during the late
nineteenth century
, see
Third Pandemic
.
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