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.

Synonyms: Yersinia pestis Infection, Plague, Pneumonic Plague, Pulmonic Plague, Bubonic Plague, Black Death, Black Plague, Meningeal Plague, Septicemic Plague