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  2. History of plague - Wikipedia

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    The plague lasted 7 months and killed 60,000 people. [citation needed] The bubonic plague continued to circulate through different ports globally for the next fifty years; however, it was primarily found in Southeast Asia. The 1894 Hong Kong plague had particularly high death rates, 90%. [60]

  3. Plague - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 February 2025. Plague or The Plague may refer to: Agriculture, fauna, and medicine Plague (disease), (commonly referred to as bubonic plague or black death), caused by infectious bacteria Yersinia pestis An epidemic of infectious disease (medical or agricultural) A pandemic caused by such a disease A ...

  4. List of notable disease outbreaks in the United States

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    1900–1904 San Francisco plague epidemic; 1916 New York City polio epidemic; 1918–1930 Encephalitis lethargica epidemic; 1924 Los Angeles pneumonic plague outbreak; 1924–1925 Minnesota smallpox epidemic; 1947 New York City smallpox outbreak; 1962-1965 rubella epidemic [2] 1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak; 1976 swine flu ...

  5. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    Seneca nation, North America Measles: Unknown [60] 1592–1593 Malta plague epidemic (part of the second plague pandemic) 1592–1593 Malta: Bubonic plague: 3,000 [61] 1592–1593 London plague (part of the second plague pandemic) 1592–1593 London, England Bubonic plague: 19,900+ [62] 1596–1602 Spain plague epidemic (part of the second ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. 1924 Los Angeles pneumonic plague outbreak - Wikipedia

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    On October 29, Yersinia pestis, the bacterium causing the plague, was found in the lungs of a plague victim, a finding not released to the public until after the outbreak. As cases piled up, a telegram sent on October 31 recommended federal aid for the city of Los Angeles , replacing the terms "pneumonic plague", "death", and "situation" with ...

  8. History of public health in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Rockefeller Sanitary Commission in 1910 discovered that nearly half the farm people, white and Black, in the poorest parts of the South were infected with hookworms. In the typical victim hundreds of the worms live hooked to the wall inside the small intestine, eat the best food, and leave the victim weak and listless.

  9. 1775–1782 North American smallpox epidemic - Wikipedia

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    George Washington by Charles Willson Peale, 1776.. The New World of the Western Hemisphere was devastated by the 1775–1782 North American smallpox epidemic.Estimates based on remnant settlements say at least 130,000 people were estimated to have died in the epidemic that started in 1775.