Medicine and Agriculture
- The disease caused by Yersinia pestis. There are three major manifestations:
- Bubonic plague
- Septicemic plague
- Pneumonic plague
- An epidemic of infectious disease (medical or agricultural)
- A pandemic caused by such a disease
- A plague of insects such as locusts
- A massive attack of other pests afflicting agriculture
- Overpopulation in wild animals afflicting the environment and/or agriculture
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