Knowledge: plague
See Also:
- health → conditions and diseases → infectious diseases → vector borne
- health → conditions and diseases → infectious diseases → zoonoses
- science → biology → flora and fauna → animalia → arthropoda → insecta → fleas
Links
- Russell Kightley Media
http://www.rkm.com.au/PLAGUE/index.html - Computer graphic showing the structure of Yersinia pestis with an explanation and references.
- eMedicine - Bubonic Plague
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic428.htm - 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.
- CIDRAP Plague Home Page
http://www1.umn.edu/cidrap/content/bt/plague/ - Medical overview aimed at clinicians in identifying and treating plague, along with updated news and links related to the disease.
- Click2Disasters - The Black Death, Scourge of the Middle Ages
http://www.click2disasters.com/black_death/black_death_ch1.htm - Examines "The Black Death" and its devastating effects on people during the Middle Ages.
- CDC Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases: Plague
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/index.htm - Includes symptoms, history, treatment, epidemiology, prevention and control, and scientific literature.
- Perspectives on Plague
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/plague/perspectives/perspectives.shtml - Features photographs, history, paintings, molecular models, and links.
- Plague Facts
http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/plague.html - Includes cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
- Plague: Yersinia pestis
http://www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/Website/lectures/lecture/plague.htm - Scientific and medical information about the organism and disease.
- eMedicine - Plague
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1819.htm - Article by Robert D Schremmer, MD.
- eMedicine - Plague
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3381.htm - Article by Venkat R Minnaganti, MD.
- eMedicine Health - Plague
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/8757-1.asp - Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and treatment.
- InteliHealth: Plague
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/24675.html - Factsheet with symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and prognosis.
- MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Plague
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000596.htm - Factsheet with causes, risk factors, symptoms, treatment, diagnosis, complications, and prevention.
- MedlinePlus: Plague
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/plague.html - Directory of news stories, factsheets, and articles.
- Bubonic Plague and the Black Death
http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-bubonic-plague-black-death.htm - Provides information on the effects, history, symptoms, treatment and origins of the Bubonic Plague commonly referred to as The Black Death.
- TED Cast Study Bubonic Plague
http://www.american.edu/TED/bubonic.htm - The role of trade in transmitting the Black Death.
- Plague
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/plague/en/index.html - World Health Organization information on plague, focusing on recent outbreaks and epidemics.
- MayoClinic.com - Plague
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/plague/DS00493 - Includes cause, symptoms and signs, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
- Multidrug Resistance in Yersinia Pestis Mediated by a Transferable Plasmid
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/337/10/677 - Article discusses antibiotic and multidrug resistance in Yersinia Pestis, the causative agent of Plague. Published by The New England Journal of Medicine.
- Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections Education
http://www.bioterrorism.uab.edu/CategoryA/plague/summary.asp - Site discusses the clinical manifestations of Plague and the related treatment protocols.
- The Black Plague
http://www.theblackplague.org - A reference for people interested in the history of the 15th century Plague and news of current manifestations.
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