Plague

**Definition:** 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.

**Tree numbers:** - C01.150.252.400.310.980.390 - C01.920.906

**Synonyms:** - Yersinia pestis Infection