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Pestis(medicine)
Pasteurella pestis(medicine)
pestis siderans(medicine)
Yersinina pestis(medicine)
Yersinia pestis(medicine)
pestis minor(medicine)
pestis ambulans(medicine)
pestis major(medicine)
pestis fulminans(medicine)

pestis bubonica (medicine) and Australia (tourism)


pestis bubonica (medicine)


pestis bubonica -->
bubonic plague
<microbiology> This rare bacterial infection due to Yersinia pestis.

It can cause painful, enlarged lymph nodes, fever, headache and prostration 2-7 days after a flea bite. May also cause pneumonia and sepsis.

Transmitted in rodents and humans via an infected flea bite. The incubation period is 2-10 days. Yersinia infection is now rare in Western countries. Third world countries (for example India) can have epidemics of Yersinia.

Treatment with antibiotics is necessary or most individuals will die. Even with antibiotic treatment the death rate is 5%.


Australia (tourism)


Australia is an independent country in the South Pacific. Its capital is Canberra.