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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top questions added. | Oct 07, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Plague (Yersinia pestis Infection). | Jul 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Iowa State University - The Center for Food Security and Public Health - Plague (PDF). | Jun 03, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Yersinia pestis and Plague: some knowns and unknowns. | Apr 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Current Biology - A plague on mankind. | Jan 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - Plague: Bubonic, Pneumonic, and Septicemic. | Sep 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Applications - A Review on the Plague Disease (PDF). | Jul 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Plague. | Feb 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Harvard Health Publishing - Plague (Yersinia Pestis). | Feb 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: MLibrary Digital Collections - The Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project - Plague. | Jan 05, 2024 | ||
| Cross-reference added. | Sep 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mount Sinai - Plague. | Aug 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Organization for Rare Disorders - Plague. | Jun 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - The tempo of mass extinction and recovery: The end-Permian example. | Mar 22, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Plague. | Feb 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Plague. | Nov 25, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Health Organization - Plague. | Apr 05, 2022 | ||
| Added information on the prevalence of plague in the 21st century. | Aug 06, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Bitesize - The Black Death. | Dec 13, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Bitesize - The Black Death. | Dec 13, 2019 | ||
| Added information on the discovery of genomic traces of Yersinia pestis in the teeth of Neolithic farmers dated to 4,900 years ago in Sweden. | Dec 07, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Aug 24, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 09, 2016 | ||
| Added information on ancient DNA evidence supporting the existence of plague during the Bronze Age. | Oct 27, 2015 | ||
| Added video. | Sep 02, 2015 | ||
| Added information on the possible role of climate in the spread of plague from Asia to Europe in the 14th century. | Feb 24, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - About Plague. | Oct 24, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mayo Clinic - Plague. | Apr 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthline - The Plague. | Apr 23, 2014 | ||
| Changed estimated number of deaths during the Great Plague of London from "more than 70,000" to "between 75,000 and 100,000." | Jan 29, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Plague Information. | Jan 18, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Plague (Yersinia pestis Infection). | Jan 18, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Communicable Disease Control and Prevention - San Fransisco Department of Public Health - Plague. | Jan 18, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Health Organisation - Plague. | Jan 18, 2013 | ||
| Added mention of Silk Road as a route by which plague may have spread from Central Asia to Europe in the 14th century. | Nov 27, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: The City of New York - Plague. | May 07, 2012 | ||
| Added a map showing the locations of plague outbreaks in the 1800s and early 1900s. | Dec 02, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic - Science - Plague. | Apr 16, 2009 | ||
| New illustrations added. | Jan 14, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Healthguide - Plague. | Sep 05, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: eMedicineHealth - Plague Disease. | May 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Channel 4 - Plague. | May 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Molson Medical Informatics Student Projects - Treatment of Plague. | May 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Virginia Department of Health - Plague. | May 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of Illinois at Chicago - Plague. | May 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of Hartford - History of Epidemics and Plagues. | May 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: U.S. Department of Labor: Occupational Safety & Health Administration - Plague. | May 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: World Health Organisation - Plague. | Apr 20, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Library of Medicine - Plague. | Apr 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Mayo Clinic - Plague. | Apr 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Medscape - Plague. | Jan 15, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Medscape - Plague. | Jan 15, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Plague. | Nov 07, 2006 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 18, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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