- Black Death@
- Learn about the Black Death, one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. Sites include history, timeline, maps, and contemporary accounts on the plague that claimed millions of lives in Europe during the 14th century.
- CDC Plague Page
- Information about Bubonic Plague, the infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. - Great Plague England (1665)@
- NORD: Bubonic Plague
- Summary of symptoms, causes, and treatment. - Plague as a Biological Weapon: Medical and Public Health Management
- May 2000 article from the Journal of the American Medical Association. - Plague Facts
- Describes bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic forms. - Plague Victims Found: Mass Burial in Athens
- Describes the discovery of a mass grave with nearly a thousand tombs from the fifth and fourth century BCE. - Plague: Yersinia pestis
- Includes overview, epidemiology, and pathogenesis.
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