Pneumonic plague: Severe flea-borne bacterial disease affecting the lungs. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Pneumonic plague is available below.
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Plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Pneumonic plague is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Pneumonic plague, or a subtype of Pneumonic plague,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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