Pestis

Pestis may refer to:

  • a Latin word for the plague, a disease caused by Yersinia pestis, a Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium species
  • Pestiš, a village in the municipality of Prokuplje, Serbia
  • Peştiş, a village in Aleşd town, Bihor County, Romania
  • Peştiş River (Cerna), a tributary of the Cerna river in Romania
  • Peștiș River (Mureș), a tributary of the Mureş River in Romania
  • Peştiş River (Topa), a tributary of the Pârâul Morilor in Romania
  • Scrutinium Pestis, a 1658 book by Athanasius Kircher