pestis

noun

a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
ペスト菌によって起き、感染した動物の血を吸ったノミによって偶然感染する深刻な感染症（時には致命的な）

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