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  2. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    Referred to by players as "the Plague", "Hakkar's SARS" or "WoW AIDS" for a major outbreak of the virtual plague in the game due to a design oversight. Creeping derangea Advance Wars: Days of Ruin: An artificial virus that is revealed to be a failed bio-weapon created by Dr. Caulder to test the extent of Intelligent Defense Systems technology.

  3. List of insect-borne diseases - Wikipedia

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    Insect Disease type Disease name Black fly : Parasitic worm: Mansonelliasis: Black fly : Parasitic worm: Onchocerciasis (river blindness) Deer fly (Chrysopsinae) Bacteria: Tularemia Deer fly (Chrysopsinae) Parasitic worm: Loa loa filariasis: Flea: Bacteria: Murine typhus: Flea: Bacteria: Plague: Flour beetle: Parasitic worm: Hymenolepis nana ...

  4. List of diseases spread by arthropods - Wikipedia

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    Plague: Flea: Rats, Human: Fever, weakness and headache. In the bubonic form there is also swelling of lymph nodes, while in the septicemic form tissues may turn black and die, and in the pneumonic form shortness of breath, cough and chest pain may occur: Central Asia, India, US, Africa, Peru, Brazil: Antibiotics Pogosta disease Synonyms ...

  5. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    Plague of 698–701 (part of first plague pandemic) 698–701 Byzantine Empire, West Asia, Syria, Mesopotamia: Bubonic plague: Unknown [47] 735–737 Japanese smallpox epidemic: 735–737 Japan Smallpox: 2 million (approx. 1 ⁄ 3 of Japanese population) [15] [48] Plague of 746–747 (part of first plague pandemic) 746–747 Byzantine Empire ...

  6. List of Dungeons & Dragons deities - Wikipedia

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    These are the deities for the 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons, which mostly are printed in the Appendix section of the 5th Edition Players Handbook (2014). These include the deities from the Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Dragonlance, Eberron, and the deities derived from historical pantheons such as the Celtic deities and Norse deities. [41]

  7. Locust - Wikipedia

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    The insects arrived unexpectedly, often after a change of wind direction or weather, and the consequences were devastating. The Ancient Egyptians carved locusts on tombs in the period 2470 to 2220 BC. A devastating plague in Egypt is mentioned in the Book of Exodus in the Bible. [17] [35] Locust plague is mentioned in the Indian Mahabharata. [36]

  8. Plague (disease) - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 December 2024. Disease caused by Yersinia pestis bacterium This article is about the disease caused by Yersinia pestis. For other uses, see Plague. Medical condition Plague Yersinia pestis seen at 200× magnification with a fluorescent label. Specialty Infectious disease Symptoms Fever, weakness ...

  9. Mosquito - Wikipedia

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    The hero eventually burns the giant, but the ashes of the fire become mosquitoes that continue to plague mankind. Other myths from the Yakuts, Goldes (Nanai people), and Samoyed have the insect arising from the ashes or fragments of some giant creature or demon. Similar tales found in Native North American myth, with the mosquito arising from ...