Volume 24, Number 1—January 2018
Etymologia
Etymologia: Plague
Figure 1

Figure 1. Digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic image of a flea. Fleas are known to carry a number of diseases that are transferable to humans through their bites, including plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Photo: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Janice Haney Carr.