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Animal Plague

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-001620

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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-001620
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesUSDA National Agricultural Library Thesaurus
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Animal Plague",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "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.",
  "references": [
    "USDA National Agricultural Library Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/animal-plague/"
}

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