Novladex is the trade name for tamoxifen. In some cases, health care professionals may use the trade name Novladex when referring to the generic drug name tamoxifen. Drug type: Tamoxifen is a hormone therapy. (For more detail, see How this drug works section below).
Bubonic plague is a potentially fatal infection caused by the bacterium Yersina pestis. Bubonic plague is not usually spread directly from person to person. Small rodents, such as rats, mice, squirrels, and weasels, carry the infection. These animals have fleas that are infected with the plague bacteria.
In November 1347 a Genoese ship returning from the Black Sea called at Naples on its route home. It brought the pestilence or great mortality to Europe. The disease - later called the Black Death (because of the dark patches on the skin caused by subcutaneous bleeding) was probably Bubonic Plague. Bubonic plague is carried by black rats, and spread to humans by the fleas that infest them. Human carriers could themselves pass on the infection through contact or the air.