Plague Additional Resources

CDC Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases: Plague
Includes symptoms, history, treatment, epidemiology, prevention and control, and scientific literature.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/index.htm

Plague Fact Sheet - Center for Biosecurity of UPMC
Discusses the use of the bacteria as a biological weapon.

http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/pages/agents/plague.html

MedlinePlus: Plague
Directory of news stories, factsheets, and articles.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/plague.html

MayoClinic.com - Plague
Includes cause, symptoms and signs, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00493

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Plague
Factsheet with causes, risk factors, symptoms, treatment, diagnosis, complications, and prevention.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000596.htm

Plague: Yersinia pestis
Scientific and medical information about the organism and disease.

http://www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/Website/lectures/lecture/plague.htm

Perspectives on Plague
Features photographs, history, paintings, molecular models, and links.

http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/plague/perspectives/perspectives.shtml

TED Cast Study Bubonic Plague
The role of trade in transmitting the Black Death.

http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/BUBONIC.HTM

Plague
World Health Organization information on plague, focusing on recent outbreaks and epidemics.

http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/plague/

Plague Facts
Includes cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/plague.html