White plague

White plague can refer to:

• The British colonization of parts of the world mainly inhabited by non-white peoples.
• Any epidemic disease that makes the patients appear pale, especially tuberculosis during the 19th and early 20th century.
• The White Plague, a 1982 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert featuring a bioengineered plague that kills females.
• The White Disease (Czech:Bílá nemoc), a 1937 play by Karel Capek.
• In microelectronics, a white gold-aluminium intermetallic compound that degrades wire bonding between gold and aluminum.
• A disease caused by Aurantimonas coralicida bacteria, affecting and killing corals during summer.
• The sub-replacement fertility phenomenon, the decline in some nations of birthrates.

See also

• Black plague
• Purple plague
• Red plague (disambiguation)