Scanning electron microphotograph depicting a mass of Yersinia pestis bacteria (the cause of bubonic plague) in the foregut of the flea vector<unk>  is an infectious bacterial disease caused by the plague bacterium (Yersinia pestis) that primarily affects rodents, such as prairie dogs. It is the same bacterium that causes bubonic and pneumonic plague in humans.<unk> , or sylvan, means 'occurring in woodland,' and refers specifically to the form of plague in rural wildlife. Urban plague refers to the form in urban wildlife. It is primarily transmitted among wildlife through flea bites and contact with infected tissue or fluids.<unk>  is most commonly found in prairie dog colonies and some mustelids, like the black-footed ferret.
Sylvatic plague
Hittite plague
Urban plague
Bubonic plague
Malaria
Flying squirrel typhus
Cholera belt
Tomato fever