Re: virus: Archives
Corey Lindsly (corey@phix.com)
Sat, 9 May 1998 14:00:54 -0700 (PDT)
> > >My other idea is to name ratings after actual viruses - ranging from
> > 'wart' or
> > >'chicken pox' to 'bubonic plague' or 'HIV'
>
> does anyone know if the bubonic plague was a virus or a bacteria? I had always
> thought the plagues were bacteria, but I had no good reason for these beliefs.
YERSINIA PESTIS (plague) in its various forms (SYLVATIC, PNEUMONIC,
SEPTICEMIC) is a bacterial infection.
---corey