intended to protect against plague, a very infectious and serious disease caused by bacteria spread mainly by fleas(= small insects that bite) on rats or other animals
In 1896, when the plague broke out in Bombay, she allowed her son to be injected with the anti-plague serum.1896年，孟买爆发鼠疫，她让儿子注射了抗鼠疫血清。
an anti-plague recipe of herbs草药的抗鼠疫配方
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The authorities instituted an aggressive programme of anti-plague measures.
The antiplague serum was conceived between 1894 and 1895 at the Pasteur Institute.
Between 1897 and 1925, 26 million doses of Haffkine's anti-plague vaccine were sent out.