 Plague
"Plague" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D010930
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.310.980.745
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| Concept/Terms |
Septicemic Plague- Septicemic Plague
- Plague, Septicemic
- Plagues, Septicemic
- Septicemic Plagues
- Black Plague
- Black Plagues
- Plague, Black
- Plagues, Black
- Black Death
- Black Deaths
- Death, Black
- Deaths, Black
Pneumonic Plague- Pneumonic Plague
- Plague, Pneumonic
- Plagues, Pneumonic
- Pneumonic Plagues
Pulmonic Plague- Pulmonic Plague
- Plague, Pulmonic
- Plagues, Pulmonic
- Pulmonic Plagues
Meningeal Plague- Meningeal Plague
- Meningeal Plagues
- Plague, Meningeal
- Plagues, Meningeal
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Plague" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Plague" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plague" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Theriot HM, Malaviarachchi PA, Scott MG, Appell KT, Banerjee SK, Pechous RD. Pulmonary Expression of Interleukin-17 Contributes to Neutrophil Infiltration into the Lungs during Pneumonic Plague. Infect Immun. 2023 07 18; 91(7):e0013123.
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Crane SD, Banerjee SK, Eichelberger KR, Kurten RC, Goldman WE, Pechous RD. The Yersinia pestis GTPase BipA Promotes Pathogenesis of Primary Pneumonic Plague. Infect Immun. 2021 01 19; 89(2).
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Banerjee SK, Huckuntod SD, Mills SD, Kurten RC, Pechous RD. Modeling Pneumonic Plague in Human Precision-Cut Lung Slices Highlights a Role for the Plasminogen Activator Protease in Facilitating Type 3 Secretion. Infect Immun. 2019 08; 87(8).
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