title: The plague pandemics and the discovery of the plague bacillus.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Fung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001633:Bible; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history; D010930:Plague / Q000266:history*; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000302:isolation & purification