From where comes the name for Dracula - Nosferatu?

Nosferatu is the 1979 remake of the famous 1922 silent version, also German, directed by F.W. Murnau and considered the first filmed version of the Dracula story. The reason that the silent version was called Nosferatu and not Dracula is because Bram Stoker's estate would not sell the film rights to the filmmakers. Undaunted, film plans went ahead, resulting in the changing of names, small details, and, eventually, a lawsuit. The verdict was that all prints of Nosferatu were to be destroyed. Obviously, since the silent version is still available, the plan did not succeed. Now that the book is in the public domain, the 1979 version uses the original names, but is still a remake of the original German silent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu_the_Vampyre

Contrary to popular opinion, the word 'nosferatu' does not mean 'vampire','undead', or anything else like that. The term originally came from the old Slavonic word 'nosufur-atu', which itself was derived from the Greek 'nosophoros'. 'Nosophoros', in the original Greek, stands for 'plague carrier'. This derviation makes sense when one considers that amongst western European nations, vampires were regarded as the carriers of many diseases, such as sexually transmitted diseases, TB, etc.
http://horrornews.net/6347/film-review-nosferatu-1922/

Thanks SM...and in the original movie, a terrible plauge is brought to the town by a ship that Nosferatu travels on.