Plague or The Plague may refer to:

Agriculture, fauna, and medicine

Plague (disease) Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium ''Yersinia pestis''. Symptoms include fever, weakness and headache. Usually this begins one to seven days after exposure. There are three forms of plague, each affecting a different par ...

, a disease caused by ''Yersinia pestis'' * An

epidemic An epidemic (from Ancient Greek, Greek ἐπί ''epi'' "upon or above" and δῆμος ''demos'' "people") is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of patients among a given population within an area in a short period of time. Epidemics ...

of infectious disease (medical or agricultural) * A

pandemic A pandemic () is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region, for instance multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of individuals. A widespread endemic (epidemiology), endemic disease wi ...

caused by such a disease * A swarm of pest insects such as locusts ** A massive attack of other

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afflicting agriculture **

Overpopulation in wild animals Overpopulation or overabundance is a phenomenon in which a species' population becomes larger than the carrying capacity of its environment. This may be caused by increased birth rates, lowered mortality rates, reduced predation or large scale m ...

afflicting the environment and/or agriculture * Plague, collective noun for common grackles

Historical plagues

List of epidemics This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large nu ...

* Antonine Plague, an ancient pandemic in 165–189 CE brought to the Roman Empire by troops returning from campaigns in the Near East *

Black Death The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence, the Great Mortality or the Plague) was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Western Eurasia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causi ...

, the Eurasian pandemic beginning in the 14th century * Great Northern War plague outbreak, a European outbreak in the early 18th century * Great Plague of London, a massive outbreak in England that killed an estimated 20% of London's population in 1665–1666 * Plague of Athens, a devastating epidemic which hit Athens in ancient Greece in 430 BCE * Plague of Justinian, a pandemic in 541–542 CE in the Byzantine Empire * Plague Riot, a riot in Moscow in 1771 caused by an outbreak of bubonic plague

Modern plagues

* Third plague pandemic or Third Plague, a major plague pandemic that began in China in 1855 until 1960 ** Manchurian plague (1910–11): Part of the third plague pandemic * HIV/AIDS, originally referred to as the "gay plague" when it was discovered in the 1980s (see History of HIV/AIDS)

Art, media, and entertainment

Art

* Plague (painting), ''Plague'' (painting), by Arnold Böcklin

Fictional entities

*Plague, Lisbeth Salander's hacker friend and colleague in the Hacker Republic, e.g., see The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest#Trial, ''The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest#Trial'' * The Plague (G.I. Joe), a Cobra special forces team in the comic book ''G.I. Joe: America's Elite'' * The Plague, a duo of demonic assassins in the movie ''Hobo with a Shotgun''

Films and television

* Plague (1979 film), ''Plague'' (1979 film), a science-fiction film * The Plague (1992 film), ''The Plague'' (1992 film), a drama film * The Plague (2006 film), ''The Plague'' (2006 film), a horror film * Plague (2014 film), ''Plague'' (2014 film), an Australian horror film * La peste (TV series), ''La peste'' (TV series), Spanish historical drama series broadcast in the UK as ''The Plague''

Games

* Corrupted Blood incident, a virtual plague that occurred in the video game ''World of Warcraft'' * ''Plague Inc.'', a strategy game for smartphones and tablets by Ndemic Creations * ''Plague!'', a card game about the Black Plague in England *Plague of Shadows (Plague Knight), a character and DLC gamemode for Shovel Knight *The Plague, a playable killer character of Babylonian origin from the asymmetrical-survival horror Dead by Daylight

Literature

* ''Plague'', a 2000 young adult novel by Malcolm Rose * ''Plague'', a 1977 thriller novel by Graham Masterton * ''Plague 99'', a novel by Jean Ure * The Plague (novel), ''The Plague'' (novel), a novel by Albert Camus * The Plague (Dragon Prince), "The Plague" (''Dragon Prince''), an epidemic which affects both humans and dragons in Melanie Rawn's novel * The Plague (magazine), ''The Plague'' (magazine), New York University's comedy magazine

Music

Artists

* The Plague (American band), a hardcore punk band from Cleveland * The Plague (English band), a punk rock band * The Plague (New Zealand band), a theatrical punk/art rock band

Albums

* Plague (Klinik album), ''Plague'' (Klinik album) * Plagues (album), ''Plagues'' (album), by The Devil Wears Prada * ''The Plague'', by Demon (band), Demon * The Plague (Brotha Lynch Hung album), ''The Plague'' (Brotha Lynch Hung album)

EPs

* The Plague (Nuclear Assault EP), ''The Plague'' (Nuclear Assault EP) * The Plague (I Hate Sally EP), ''The Plague'' (I Hate Sally EP)

Songs

* "Plague (song), Plague", by Crystal Castles from the 2012 album III * "The Plague", by Demon (band)#Discography, Demon from the 1983 album by the same name * "The Plague," an unreleased song by The Mountain Goats that appears on the 2020 live album ''The Jordan Lake Sessions''

Musicals

* ''Plague! The Musical'', by David Massingham and Matthew Townend

Television

* Plague (Dead Zone), "Plague" (2003 ''Dead Zone'' episode) * Plague (Deadwood episode), "Plague" (2004 ''Deadwood'' episode) * The Plague (Diagnosis Murder episode), "The Plague" (1994 ''Diagnosis: Murder'' episode) * "The Plague", second episode of the 1966 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Ark (Doctor Who)#ep2, The Ark'' * The Plague (Father Ted), "The Plague" (1996 ''Father Ted'' episode) * ''The Plague'', English title of 2018 Spanish TV series La peste (TV series), ''La peste''

Religion

* Plagues of Egypt, the 10 calamities that God inflicted on Egypt in the book of Exodus *The seven plagues poured out from seven bowls in Revelation 15:5-16:21

Technology

* Capacitor plague, a condition afflicting computer motherboards in which capacitors fail