RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
A primary bacterial infectious disease that results_in infection, located_in lymph node, located_in vasculature or located_in lungs, has_material_basis_in Yersinia pestis, which is transmitted_by oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) infected by feeding on rodents and other mammals, transmitted_by air, transmitted_by direct contact or transmitted_by ingestion of contaminated undercooked food. (DO)
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
Black Plague; Meningeal Plague; Meningeal Plagues; Pulmonic Plague; Yersinia pestis infections; Yersinia pestis infectious disease; black plagues; pulmonic plagues