Autumn plague - Akiyami

Japanese: 秋疫 - あきやみ
Autumn plague - Akiyami

…When these zoonotic diseases are limited to areas where the animal that carries the disease lives, they become endemic. Examples of such diseases include the plague, which has been persistent in the interior of China and India, Malta fever (brucellosis) in the Mediterranean region, and leptospirosis, which is found throughout the world and has special names in various parts of Japan, such as Sakushu fever, Tenryu fever, seven-day fever, and autumn epidemic. Some infectious endemic diseases are diseases transmitted by arthropods, and appear as endemic because the arthropod vectors live in limited areas. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Autumn Epidemic" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これらの人獣共通伝染病は,その病原巣の動物が生息する地方に発生が限られるときには,風土病的疾病として現れてくる。このようなものには,中国の奥地やインドに持続的にみられたペスト,地中海沿岸地方のマルタ熱(ブルセラ症),および世界中にみられ,日本でも各地で作州熱,天竜熱,七日熱,秋疫など特別な名称で呼ばれたレプトスピラ症などがある。 伝染性の風土病には,病原微生物が節足動物によって媒介される疾病で,媒介する節足動物の生息する地域が限られているために風土病として現れてくるものもある。…

※「秋疫」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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