Yersinia pestis causes the fatal respiratory disease pneumonic plague. Y. pestis recently
evolved from the gastrointestinal pathogen Y. pseudotuberculosis; however, it is not known …

Disease progression of primary pneumonic plague is biphasic, consisting of a
preinflammatory and a proinflammatory phase. During the long preinflammatory phase …

Yersinia pestis is the aetiological agent of plague, a disease of humans that has potentially
devastating consequences. Evidence indicates that Y. pestis evolved from Yersinia …

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 …

Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is a highly uniform clone that diverged
recently from the enteric pathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Despite their close genetic …

Inhalation of Yersinia pestis causes primary pneumonic plague, a highly lethal syndrome
with mortality rates approaching 100%. Pneumonic plague progression is biphasic, with an …

Inhalation of the bacterium Yersinia pestis results in primary pneumonic plague. Pneumonic
plague is the most severe manifestation of plague, with mortality rates approaching 100% in …

Plague is a vector-borne disease caused by Yersinia pestis. Transmitted by fleas from
rodent reservoirs, Y. pestis emerged< 6000 years ago from an enteric bacterial ancestor …

Although pneumonic plague is the deadliest manifestation of disease caused by the
bacterium Yersinia pestis, there is surprisingly little information on the cellular and molecular …

An important virulence strategy evolved by bacterial pathogens to overcome host defenses
is the modulation of host cell death. Previous observations have indicated that Yersinia …