Yunnan Province, China is thought to be the original source of biovar Orientalis of Yersinia
pestis, the causative agent of the third plague pandemic that has spread globally since the …

The 15th natural plague focus in China, the Junggar Basin plague focus, is located near an
important communication route connecting China and Central Asia and was discovered after …

In 2005, five human cases of primary pneumonic plague were reported in Yulong County in
Yunnan province of China and resulted in two deaths. Several Yersinia pestis strains …

Plague, caused by Yersinia pestis, is a zoonotic disease that can reemerge and cause
outbreaks following decades of latency in natural plague foci. However, the genetic diversity …

Objective To genotype Yersinia pestis and explore intrinsic relationship among different
ecotypes of Yersinia pestis in Yunnan foci. Methods A total of 171 strains from three types of …

Background Whole genome sequencing allowed the development of a number of high
resolution sequence based typing tools for Yersinia (Y.) pestis. The application of these …

Since its first identification in 1894 during the third pandemic in Hong Kong, there has been
significant progress of understanding the lifestyle of Yersinia pestis, the pathogen that is …

Background The species Yersinia pestis is commonly divided into three classical biovars,
Antiqua, Medievalis, and Orientalis, belonging to subspecies pestis pathogenic for human …

Yunnan Province of China is considered the site of origin for modern plague. We analyzed
the genotypes of eight Yersinia pestis strains isolated from three counties in Yunnan …

Plague, one of the most devastating infectious diseases in human history, is caused by the
bacterium Yersinia pestis. Since the 1950s, the Dehong Dai–Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture …