What is plague?

Plague

Plague or The plague is a disease that has a high mortality rate or a calamity with widespread and serious consequences for its victims. The term is particularly used to refer the diseases caused by Yersinia pestis.

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    “A plague upon it!
    I have forgot the map.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

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    They have made worms’ meat of me.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

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    Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you
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