Medicine

• Plague (disease), a specific disease caused by Yersinia pestis. There are three major manifestations:
  • Bubonic plague
    Bubonic plague
    Plague is a deadly infectious disease that is caused by the enterobacteria Yersinia pestis, named after the French-Swiss bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin. Primarily carried by rodents and spread to humans via fleas, the disease is notorious throughout history, due to the unrivaled scale of death...
    
    
  • Septicemic plague
    Septicemic plague
    Septicemic plague is a deadly blood infection, one of the three main forms of plague. It is caused by Yersinia pestis, a gram-negative bacterium....
    
    
  • Pneumonic plague
    Pneumonic plague
    Pneumonic plague, a severe type of lung infection, is one of three main forms of plague, all of which are caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. It is more virulent and rare than bubonic plague...
    
    
• An epidemic
  Epidemic
  In epidemiology, an epidemic , occurs when new cases of a certain disease, in a given human population, and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected based on recent experience...
  
   of infectious disease
• A pandemic
  Pandemic
  A pandemic is an epidemic of infectious disease that is spreading through human populations across a large region; for instance multiple continents, or even worldwide. A widespread endemic disease that is stable in terms of how many people are getting sick from it is not a pandemic...
  
   caused by such a disease

Art and literature

• Plague (Böcklin)
  Plague (Böcklin)
  Plague is an 1898 painting in tempera by the Swiss symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin, held in the Kunstmuseum Basel. It exemplifies the artist's obsession with nightmares of war, pestilence and death...
  
  , a painting by Arnold Böcklin
• Plague, a 2000 novel by Malcolm Rose
  Malcolm Rose
  Malcolm Rose is a British young-adult author. Many of his books, including the Traces and Lawless and Tilley series, are mysteries or thrillers where the hero uses science to catch the criminal or terrorist.- Biography :...
  
  
• Plague 99
  Plague 99
  Plague 99 is a 1989 novel written by Jean Ure. It deals with a pandemic that shuts down London and group of three teenagers that survive the outbreak. The book takes an apocalyptic view and details the event of the three principal characters at the end of the year 1999 as the plague wipes out the...
  
  , a 1989 novel by Jean Ure
• The Plague
  The Plague
  The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that tells the story of medical workers finding solidarity in their labour as the Algerian city of Oran is swept by a plague. It asks a number of questions relating to the nature of destiny and the human condition...
  
  , a 1947 novel by Albert Camus
• The Plague (Dragon Prince), an epidemic in Melanie Rawn's fantasy novel Dragon Prince
• The Plague (magazine)
  The Plague (magazine)
  The Plague is New York University's campus comedy magazine. It was founded in 1978 by Howard Ostrowsky along with John Rawlins, Joe Pinto and Dan Fiorella , and is currently published once per semester....
  
  , New York University's comedy magazine

Film and television

• Plague (1978 film)
  Plague (1978 film)
  Plague is a 1978 Canadian science fiction film about a genetic engineering accident, a fertilizing bacterium that escapes from a laboratory in Canada. The film is also known internationally as Induced Syndrome , M-3: The Gemini Strain or Mutation .-Plot:A deadly bacteria called M3 is released and...
  
  , a science-fiction genre film depicting a genetic engineering accident
• The Plague (film)
  The Plague (film)
  The Plague is a 2006 horror film directed by Hal Masonberg and written by Masonberg and Teal Minton; it was also co-produced by Clive Barker.-Plot:...
  
  , a 2006 horror film
• "The Plague" (Diagnosis Murder Episode), a 1994 episode of Diagnosis Murder
• "The Plague", second episode of the 1966 Doctor Who serial The Ark
• "The Plague" (Father Ted)
  The Plague (Father Ted)
  "The Plague" is the 6th episode of the second series of Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted, and the 12th episode overall.-Synopsis:The episode begins with a self-referential mock title sequence with the words "Father Ted" replaced by "Father Ben", which then cuts to Dougal sitting in front of the...
  
  , a 1996 episode of Father Ted
• "Plague" (Dead Zone), a 2003 episode of Dead Zone
• "Plague" (Deadwood episode), a 2004 episode of Deadwood

Music

• The Plague (American band)
  The Plague (American band)
  The Plague was a hardcore punk band formed in Cleveland, Ohio by Bob Sablack. They were part of the second wave of punk rock music and toured extensively throughout the United States and Europe, recording several EP's.-History:...
  
  , a hardcore punk band from Cleveland
• The Plague (English band), an English punk rock band
• The Plague (New Zealand band)
• Plague! The Musical
  Plague! The Musical
  Plague! The Musical is a musical with book, music and lyrics by David Massingham and Matthew Townend. It is a dark comedy based loosely on the events of the Great Plague of London in 1665-1666....
  
  , a 2008 musical by David Massingham and Matthew Townend
• Plagues (album)
  Plagues (album)
  Plagues is the second studio album by American metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada. It was released on August 21, 2007 through Rise Records and was re-released on October 28, 2008, in which includes bonus content.-Background:...
  
  , a 2007 album by The Devil Wears Prada
• The Plague, a 1983 album by Demon
  Demon (band)
  Demon are an English rock/metal group, formed in 1979 by vocalist Dave Hill and guitarist Mal Spooner, both hailing from Leek, Staffordshire. They drew their initial audience from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement in 1980....
  
  
• The Plague (Brotha Lynch Hung album), 2002
• The Plague (EP)
  The Plague (EP)
  - Personnel :Performers*John Connelly – guitar, vocals*Anthony Bramante – guitar*Dan Lilker – bass*Glenn Evans – drums, cover conceptProduction*Casey McMakin – engineer*Randy Burns – assistant engineer, producer*Steve Sinclair – executive producer...
  
  , a 1987 EP by Nuclear Assault
• The Plague EP
  The Plague EP
  The Plague EP is a four song EP by hardcore/thrash band I Hate Sally.Only 500 copies of the EP were produced and they were available only at the bands concerts or through Dogbus Music...
  
  , a 2005 EP by I Hate Sally
• Plague (Klinik album), a 1987 album by Klinik
• "The Plague" (song)
  The Plague (song)
  "The Plague" is a single from Diary of Dreams that serves as a teaser for their first studio album in three years, Nekrolog 43.-Track listing:# "the Plague" – 3:51# "the Plague" – 4:47# "Allocution" – 5:18...
  
  , a song on Diary of Dreams's 2007 album Nekrolog 43

Other

• Plague (comics)
  Plague (comics)
  Plague was a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. She was originally a member of the Morlocks before joining the Horsemen of Apocalypse.-Publication history:...
  
  , a Marvel Comics character
• The Plague, a Cobra special forces team in the comic G.I. Joe: America's Elite
  G.I. Joe: America's Elite
  G.I. Joe: America's Elite is a series of comic books set in the G.I. Joe universe that began publication in June 2005. The events of the series begin one year after the conclusion of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero . The Special Missions series features reservist G.I. Joes and expands on plots set...
  
  
• The Plague, a duo of demonic assassins in the movie Hobo with a Shotgun

See also

• List of epidemics
• Antonine Plague
  Antonine Plague
  The Antonine Plague, AD 165–180, also known as the Plague of Galen, who described it, was an ancient pandemic, either of smallpox or measles, brought back to the Roman Empire by troops returning from campaigns in the Near East...
  
  , an ancient pandemic in 165–189 AD brought to the Roman Empire by troops returning from campaigns in the Near East
• Black Death
  Black Death
  The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. Of several competing theories, the dominant explanation for the Black Death is the plague theory, which attributes the outbreak to the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Thought to have...
  
  , also known as The Black Plague: the Eurasian pandemic beginning in the 14th century
• Capacitor plague
  Capacitor plague
  The capacitor plague was a problem with a large number of premature failures of aluminium electrolytic capacitors with non solid or liquid electrolyte of certain brands especially from Taiwan manufacturers . The first flawed capacitors were seen in 1999, but most of the affected capacitors failed...
  
  , a condition afflicting computer motherboards in which capacitors fail
• Corrupted Blood incident
  Corrupted Blood incident
  The Corrupted Blood incident is a video game glitch and virtual plague that occurred on September 13, 2005 in the MMORPG World of Warcraft...
  
  , a virtual plague that occurred in the video game World of Warcraft
• Great Plague of London
  Great Plague of London
  The Great Plague was a massive outbreak of disease in the Kingdom of England that killed an estimated 100,000 people, 20% of London's population. The disease is identified as bubonic plague, an infection by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted through a flea vector...
  
  , a massive outbreak in England that killed an estimated 20% of London's population in 1665–1666
• Plague of Athens
  Plague of Athens
  The Plague of Athens was a devastating epidemic which hit the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece during the second year of the Peloponnesian War , when an Athenian victory still seemed within reach. It is believed to have entered Athens through Piraeus, the city's port and sole source of food...
  
  , a devastating epidemic which hit Athens in ancient Greece in 430 BC
• Plague of Justinian
  Plague of Justinian
  The Plague of Justinian was a pandemic that afflicted the Eastern Roman Empire , including its capital Constantinople, in 541–542 AD. It was one of the greatest plagues in history. The most commonly accepted cause of the pandemic is bubonic plague, which later became infamous for either causing or...
  
  , a pandemic in 541–542 AD in the Byzantine Empire
• Plague Riot
  Plague Riot
  Plague Riot was a riot in Moscow in 1771 between September 15 and September 17, caused by an outbreak of bubonic plague.-History:...
  
  , a riot in Moscow in 1771 caused by an outbreak of bubonic plague
• Plagues of Egypt
  Plagues of Egypt
  The Plagues of Egypt , also called the Ten Plagues or the Biblical Plagues, were ten calamities that, according to the biblical Book of Exodus, Israel's God, Yahweh, inflicted upon Egypt to persuade Pharaoh to release the ill-treated Israelites from slavery. Pharaoh capitulated after the tenth...
  
  , the 10 calamities that God inflicted on Egypt in the book of Exodus
• Third Pandemic
  Third Pandemic
  Third Pandemic is the designation of a major Bubonic plague pandemic that began in the Yunnan province in China in 1855. This episode of bubonic plague spread to all inhabited continents, and ultimately killed more than 12 million people in India and China alone...
  
  , a major plague pandemic that began in China in 1855
• Overpopulation (animals)#Wild animal overpopulation afflicting the environment and/or agriculture
• A massive attack of Pest over agriculture
• Plague is a term for a large group of common Grackle
  Common Grackle
  The Common Grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, is a large icterid.-Description:The long adult has a long dark bill, pale yellowish eyes and a long tail; its feathers appear black with purple, green or blue iridescence on the head, and primarily bronze shine in the body plumage...
  
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• Plaque (disambiguation)