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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">plagues</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>cocoliztli</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>epidemics</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>pestilence</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>pestilences</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>plague</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Epidemics or pandemics of infectious disease that spread rapidly and have a high mortality rate, whether among people or animals. A prime example is the Black Death, an infectious fever caused by the bacillus Yersinia pestis. ]]></note></mads>