plaga
pest ; plague ; blight ; infestation ; pestilence ; endemic disease ; endemic illness.
For example, a rabbit is always a mammal of a particular species and sometimes a pest, a pet, or the basis of a stew.
Parish registers, wills and inventories will be analysed to discover as much information as possible on the migration of population, the effect of the plague, and the incidence of illegitimacy.
In Ohio State we've been trying to develop for the last fifteen years a grape that will still survive the grape blight that wiped out the vineyards in southern Ohio in the 1920s.
Accounts were given of various recent major and smaller disasters such as extreme weather conditions, power failures, explosions, civil disruption, mould, infestations and spontaneous combustion = Accounts were given of various recent major and smaller disasters such as extreme weather conditions, power failures, explosions, civil disruption, mould, infestations and spontaneous combustion.
Much of what lies before our eyes today like a tongue of fire - animal pestilences and the poisoning of our foodstuffs - was already announced many years ago.
Tuberculosis, the paradigmatic endemic disease of the nineteenth century, was a social disease and a social problem.
Some other sources highlight the implementation of measures to control the development of endemic illnesses, particular to the 19th century, namely, dysentery, diphtheria, smallpox, tuberculosis, leprosy, & yellow fever, among others.
control de plagas
pest control
The article 'Nuke 'em! Library pest control' describes tests carried out to determine the effectiveness of microwaves (in the form of a domestic microwave oven) as a means of destroying insect pests in books and other library materials.
plaga de hongos
fungal infestation
This paper discusses the means suggested by conservators and microbiologists to cope with the problem of fungal infestation in libraries and archives.
