pestilence

No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. The Masque of The Red Death

plague: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea.

The sickness in the book is different from the sickness being talked about here because although there was a plague in the story, the plague is so many people dying and being murdered where as this plague is regarding an infection spread by a flea.

What are some characteristics of the sickness in the story? 1197122389