plague
Let an agent explain plague and its forms in general terms from WHO and CDC sources, describe transmission, treatment and control, present historical pandemics with attribution, and route suspected cases to health authorities.
Research draft, second pass
A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.
Researched by: Claude
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Help Suspected cases first.
Suspected
Suspected cases.
Suspected
Suspected.
- What should be done if plague is suspected, per health authority guidance? action
- Is the user describing a possible case, which needs immediate contact with health services? boundary
Treatment
Treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- How is plague diagnosed and treated with antibiotics, in general terms? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Understand The disease.
Forms
Forms and transmission.
Forms
Forms.
- What are the forms of plague, and how is each transmitted? definition
- Is the question about plague or another disease called plague loosely? boundary
Ecology
Reservoirs and ecology.
Ecology
Ecology.
- Where does plague persist in sylvatic reservoirs, and how do urban outbreaks arise? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific region? action
Control Prevention and control.
Prevention
Prevention.
Prevention
Prevention.
- How are plague outbreaks prevented and controlled through rodent and flea control and surveillance? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Outbreaks
Recent outbreaks.
Outbreaks
Outbreaks.
- What recent outbreaks have occurred, such as in Madagascar, as reported? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific outbreak? action
History History.
Pandemics
Historical pandemics.
Pandemics
Pandemics.
- How do historians and geneticists describe the Justinian plague, the Black Death and the third pandemic? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific pandemic? action
Science
Scientific history.
Science
Science.
- How were the bacterium and flea transmission discovered by Yersin, Kitasato and Simond? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of microbiology? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Sylvatic plague, Urban plague, pestis minor, plague meningitis, cutaneous plague, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, septicemic plague
What it is Filled
An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by fleas from rodents and between people, in bubonic form with swollen lymph nodes, septicaemic form and pneumonic form spread by droplets, with rarer presentations such as plague meningitis and cutaneous plague and a mild form called pestis minor; plague caused the Justinian pandemic, the Black Death and the third pandemic, persists in sylvatic rodent reservoirs on several continents with occasional urban outbreaks, and is treatable with antibiotics.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain plague and its forms in general terms from WHO and CDC sources, describe transmission, treatment and control, present historical pandemics with attribution, and route suspected cases to health authorities.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Flea-borne zoonosis
- Three main forms
- Pandemic history
- Antibiotic treatable
What robots and AI may and may not do Derived, awaiting review
Only with a human decision
- An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by fleas from rodents and between people, in bubonic form with swollen lymph nodes, septicaemic form and pneumonic form spread by droplets, with rarer presentations such as plague meningitis and cutaneous plague and a mild form called pestis minor; plague caused the Justinian pandemic, the Black Death and the third pandemic, persists in sylvatic rodent reservoirs on several continents with occasional urban outbreaks, and is treatable with antibiotics.
May
- explain forms and transmission
- relay treatment and control
- present history with attribution
- route suspected cases
Note: Affordances listed as what may be done; prohibitions collected from the text.
Moral aspects Derived, awaiting review
- An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by fleas from rodents and between people, in bubonic form with swollen lymph nodes, septicaemic form and pneumonic form spread by droplets, with rarer presentations such as plague meningitis and cutaneous plague and a mild form called pestis minor; plague caused the Justinian pandemic, the Black Death and the third pandemic, persists in sylvatic rodent reservoirs on several continents with occasional urban outbreaks, and is treatable with antibiotics.
- plague meningitis, cutaneous plague and pestis minor
Owners Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q131345497 - registry parent class
- Q2600216 - registry parent class
related
- yersiniosis - in registry terms
- pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases - in registry terms
- Yersinia pestis - the bacterium
- flea - from rodents
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.plague
- Wikidata: Q133780 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133780)
- ICD-11: 1B93 plague
- MeSH: D010930
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- cases reported to WHO: about 200-700 per year - recent years
- untreated bubonic fatality: about 30-60 percent
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Yersinia pestis infection
- Bubonic, septicaemic, pneumonic and rarer forms; sylvatic and urban plague
- The word plague is also used loosely for other epidemics; typhus and anthrax are different diseases
- Not a visible object; an acute febrile illness with buboes in the bubonic form.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain forms and transmission
- relay treatment and control
- present history with attribution
- route suspected cases
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Delayed treatment with high mortality
- Pneumonic spread
- Agents giving personal medical or laboratory detail
- Confusing plague with other epidemics
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- WHO plague guidance and International Health Regulations
- Notifiable disease rules
- Biosafety rules for Yersinia pestis
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a disease.
- bubonic plague
- septicaemic plague
- pneumonic plague
- plague meningitis, cutaneous plague and pestis minor
- sylvatic plague in wild rodents
- urban plague outbreaks
- historical pandemics: Justinian, Black Death, third pandemic
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q133780: plague - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Plague (disease) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should the Black Death and pneumonic plague be separate primary entries?
- How should WHO guidance be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming forms and ecological settings; should they be split off?
- What should be done if plague is suspected, per health authority guidance?
- Which entry fits the specific region?
- Which entry fits the specific outbreak?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q133780/spec.json