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Types of Plague

Bubonic Plague
Bubonic Plague

Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis. One to seven days after exposure to the bacteria, flu like symptoms develop. These include fever, headaches, and vomiting.

Cholera
Cholera

Cholera morbus is a historical term that was used to refer to gastroenteritis rather than specifically cholera. Drawing of Death bringing cholera, in Le Petit Journal (1912).

HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS: Why was AIDS called ‘the gay plague’? Posted on April 21, 2014 by Colin Clews July 15, 2016 The early years of AIDS were a time of great fear and anxiety for gay men around the world.

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Malaria
Malaria

The Plague Malaria Malaria is a disease that is spread widely across the globe today. It infects approximately 500 million people annually, and kills 1-3 million of those. Symptoms include one's temperature dropping, sweating and some suffer from anemia, weakness and a swelling of the spleen.

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Pneumonic Plague
Pneumonic Plague

Pneumonic plague is a severe lung infection caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Symptoms include fever, headache, shortness of breath, chest pain, and cough. They typically start about three to seven days after exposure.

Seasonal flu
Seasonal flu

In the United States, flu season occurs in the fall and winter. While influenza viruses circulate year-round, most of the time flu activity peaks between December and February, but activity can last as late as May. The overall health impact (e.g., infections, hospitalizations, and deaths) of a flu season varies from season to season.

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Septicemic Plague
Septicemic Plague

Septicemic plague is one of the three main forms of plague. It is caused by Yersinia pestis, a gram-negative species of bacterium. Septicemic plague is a life-threatening infection of the blood, most commonly spread by bites from infected fleas.

Smallpox
Smallpox

Smallpox is one of two infectious diseases to have been eradicated, the other being rinderpest in 2011. The term "smallpox" was first used in Britain in the 15th century to distinguish the disease from syphilis, which was then known as the "great pox". Other historical names for the disease include pox, speckled monster, and red plague.

Spanish flu
Spanish flu

The 1918 flu pandemic (January 1918 – December 1920), also known as the Spanish flu, was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus.

Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis

Consumption, phthisis and the White Plague are all terms used to refer to tuberculosis throughout history. It is generally accepted that Mycobacterium tuberculosis originated from other, more primitive organisms of the same genus Mycobacterium.

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