Plague

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Plague may refer to:

In medicine:

• Bubonic plague, a specific disease caused by Yersinia pestis. Bubonic is one manifestation;
• Septicemic plague and
• Pneumonic plague are caused by the same organism.
• Any bubo-causing disease
• A pandemic caused by such a disease
• Any pestilence, a virulent and highly infectious disease

In history:

• 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.
• List of historical plagues

In art and literature:

• Plagues of Egypt, the 10 calamities that God inflicted on Egypt in the book of Exodus
• The Plague, a novel by Albert Camus
• The Plague (magazine), New York University's comedy magazine
• A Journal of the Plague Year, a novel by Daniel Defoe
• The Plague (Dragon Prince), an epidemic in Melanie Rawn's fantasy novel Dragon Prince

In popular culture:

• The Plague (film), a 2006 horror film
• The Plague, an episode of Father Ted
• The Plague (band), a New Zealand band
• The Plagues (band), a Belgian alternative rock-band
• The Plague (English punk rock band), an English band
• Plagues (album) by The Devil Wears Prada
• Plague (wrestler), the stage name of a U.S. professional wrestler

Other:

• Widespread influx of an animal species afflicting the environment and/or agriculture
• Capacitor plague, a condition afflicting computer motherboards in which capacitors fail

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