Chapter 1 - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)»Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases (A20-A28)»Plague meningitis (A20.3)
A20.3
Plague meningitis
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Plague11 drugs (8 approved, 3 experimental)
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.