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{{Wiktionarypar|plague}} |
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'''Plague''' may refer to: |
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In '''medicine''': |
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* '''[[Plague (disease)]]''', a specific disease caused by [[Yersinia pestis]]. There are three major manifestations: |
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** [[Bubonic plague]] |
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** [[Septicemic plague]] |
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** [[Pneumonic plague]] |
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* Any [[bubo]]-causing disease |
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* A [[pandemic]] caused by such a disease |
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* Any [[pestilence]], a virulent and highly infectious disease |
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In '''history''': |
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* [[Black Death]], also known as The Black Plague: the Eurasian pandemic thought to have been caused by bubonic plague, beginning in the 14th century with repeated outbreaks until the 18th century. |
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* [[Plague of Justinian]], a pandemic in 541-542AD in the Byzantine Empire, considered to have caused or contributed to the Black Death. |
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* [[Antonine Plague]], an ancient pandemic in 165-189AD brought back to the Roman Empire by troops returning from campaigns in the Near East. |
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* [[List of historical plagues]] |
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In '''art''' and '''literature''': |
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* [[Plagues of Egypt]], the 10 calamities that God inflicted on Egypt in the book of Exodus |
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* ''[[The Plague]]'', a novel by [[Albert Camus]] |
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* [[The Plague (magazine)|''The Plague'' (magazine)]], New York University's comedy magazine |
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* ''[[A Journal of the Plague Year]]'', a novel by [[Daniel Defoe]] |
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* ''[[The Plague (Dragon Prince)]]'', an epidemic in Melanie Rawn's fantasy novel Dragon Prince |
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* ''[[Plague (2000 novel)]]'', a novel by Malcolm Rose |
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* ''[[Plague 99]]'', 1989 novel by Jean Ure |
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* ''[[The Scarlet Plague]]'', 1912 novel by Jack London |
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In '''popular culture''': |
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* [[The Plague (film)|''The Plague'' (film)]], a 2006 horror film |
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* [[The Plague (Father Ted)|The Plague]], an episode of ''Father Ted'' |
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* [[The Plague (band)]], a New Zealand band |
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* [[The Plagues (band)]], a Belgian alternative rock-band |
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* [[The Plague (English punk rock band)]], an English band |
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* [[the plague (2005 song)]], by Sacramento rapper, Brotha Lynch Hung |
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* [[Plagues (album)|Plagues (album)]] by The Devil Wears Prada |
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* [[Plague (wrestler)]], the stage name of a U.S. professional wrestler |
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'''Other''': |
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* [[Overpopulation (animals)#Wild animal overpopulation|Widespread influx of an animal species]] afflicting the environment and/or agriculture |
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* [[Capacitor plague]], a condition afflicting computer motherboards in which capacitors fail |
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{{disambig}} |
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[[cy:Pla]] |
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[[fr:Plague]] |
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