PULMONIC PLAGUE
\pʌlmˈɒnɪk plˈe͡ɪɡ], \pʌlmˈɒnɪk plˈeɪɡ], \p_ʌ_l_m_ˈɒ_n_ɪ_k p_l_ˈeɪ_ɡ]\
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An acute infectious disease caused by YERSINIA PESTIS that affects humans, wild rodents, and their ectoparasites. This condition persists due to its firm entrenchment in sylvatic rodent-flea ecosystems throughout the world. Bubonic plague is the most common form.
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.