pneumonic plague
plague that results in infection located in lung, which results from direct inhalation of the bacillus and has symptom fever, has symptom chills, has symptom cough and has symptom difficulty breathing
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Summary
pneumonic plague is a class of disease[1]. It draws 429,189 Wikipedia views per month (class of disease category, ranking #248 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: plague[3], lung disease[4]
- Commons category: Pneumonic plague[5]
- Symptoms and signs: chills[6]
- Anatomical location: human lung[7]
- ICD-9-CM: 020.4[8], 020.3[9], 020.5[10]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[11]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_10398[12], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:10398[13]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[14]
Why It Matters
pneumonic plague has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]