* * *
bubonic plague occurring in the woods, such as that widely spread among ground squirrels and other wild rodents in the western United States; it is epizootic to humans, such as hunters.Medical dictionary. 2011.
sylvatic plague — noun : a plague of which wild rodents and their fleas are the reservoirs and vectors and which is widely distributed in western No. and So. America though rarely affecting man … Useful english dictionary
sylvatic — [sil vat′ik] adj. [L silvaticus < silva: see SYLVAN] of or in the woods, or affecting the animals in the woods [sylvatic plague] … English World dictionary
Sylvatic cycle — The sylvatic cycle, also enzootic or sylvatic transmission cycle, is a portion of the natural transmission cycle of a pathogen. The sylvatic cycle is the fraction of the pathogen population s lifespan spent cycling between wild animals and… … Wikipedia
Plague — The plague is an infectious disease due to a bacteria called Yersinia pestis. Y. pestis mainly infects rats and other rodents. Rodents are the prime reservoir for the bacteria. Fleas function as the prime vectors carrying the bacteria from one… … Medical dictionary
plague — plaguer, n. /playg/, n., v., plagued, plaguing. n. 1. an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence. 2. an infectious, epidemic disease caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, characterized by fever, chills, and prostration,… … Universalium
sylvatic — Occurring in or affecting wild animals. [L. silva, woods] * * * syl·vat·ic sil vat ik adj occurring in, affecting, or transmitted by wild animals <sylvatic diseases> <sylvatic yellow fever> * * * syl·vat·ic (sil vatґik) sylvan;… … Medical dictionary
Black-tailed prairie dog — At Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge … Wikipedia
Pest — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 A20 Pest … Deutsch Wikipedia
Beulenpest — Dieser Artikel befasst sich mit der Pest als Krankheit, andere Bedeutungen sind unter Pest (Begriffsklärung) zu finden. Klassifikation nach ICD 10 A20 Pest … Deutsch Wikipedia
Bubonenpest — Dieser Artikel befasst sich mit der Pest als Krankheit, andere Bedeutungen sind unter Pest (Begriffsklärung) zu finden. Klassifikation nach ICD 10 A20 Pest … Deutsch Wikipedia
