Plague (Bacterial)

Plague Sites:

Plague Facts Plague Facts: Includes cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. (Plague) http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/plague.html Plague Fact Sheet - Center for Biosecurity of UPMC Plague Fact Sheet - Center for Biosecurity of UPMC: Discusses the use of the bacteria as a biological weapon. (Plague) http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/pages/agents/plague.html Plague: Yersinia pestis Plague: Yersinia pestis: Scientific and medical information about the organism and disease. (Plague) http://www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/Website/lectures/lecture/plague.htm CIDRAP Plague Home Page CIDRAP Plague Home Page: Medical overview aimed at clinicians in identifying and treating plague, along with updated news and links related to the disease. (Plague) http://www1.umn.edu/cidrap/content/bt/plague/ The History of the Black Death The History of the Black Death: Historical information, pictures, causes, superstitions, and outcomes dealing with the bubonic plague. (Plague) http://www.geocities.com/julia09/blackdeath.html eMedicine Health - Plague eMedicine Health - Plague: Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and treatment. (Plague) http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/8757-1.asp TED Cast Study Bubonic Plague TED Cast Study Bubonic Plague: The role of trade in transmitting the Black Death. (Plague) http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/BUBONIC.HTM MedlinePlus: Plague MedlinePlus: Plague: Directory of news stories, factsheets, and articles. (Plague) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/plague.html MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Plague MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Plague: Factsheet with causes, risk factors, symptoms, treatment, diagnosis, complications, and prevention. (Plague) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000596.htm eMedicine - Plague eMedicine - Plague: Article by Venkat R Minnaganti, MD. (Plague) http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3381.htm Perspectives on Plague Perspectives on Plague: Features photographs, history, paintings, molecular models, and links. (Plague) http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/plague/perspectives/perspectives.shtml Russell Kightley Media Russell Kightley Media: Computer graphic showing the structure of Yersinia pestis with an explanation and references. (Plague) http://www.rkm.com.au/PLAGUE/index.html MayoClinic.com - Plague MayoClinic.com - Plague: Includes cause, symptoms and signs, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. (Plague) http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00493 Click2Disasters - The Black Death, Scourge of the Middle Ages Click2Disasters - The Black Death, Scourge of the Middle Ages: Examines "The Black Death" and its devastating effects on people during the Middle Ages. (Plague) http://www.click2disasters.com/black_death/black_death_ch1.htm InteliHealth: Plague InteliHealth: Plague: Factsheet with symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and prognosis. (Plague) http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/24675.html Plague Plague: World Health Organization information on plague, focusing on recent outbreaks and epidemics. (Plague) http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/plague/ eMedicine - Bubonic Plague eMedicine - Bubonic Plague: 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. (Plague) http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic428.htm CDC Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases: Plague CDC Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases: Plague: Includes symptoms, history, treatment, epidemiology, prevention and control, and scientific literature. (Plague) http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/index.htm