Enterobacteriaceae are a large family of Gram-negative, non-spore-forming bacteria.
Although many species exist as part of the natural flora of animals including humans, some …

This report provides CDC recommendations to US health care providers regarding
treatment, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and postexposure prophylaxis of plague. Yersinia …

Plague, caused by the bacterial pathogen Yersinia pestis, is a vector-borne disease that has
caused millions of human deaths over several centuries. Presently, human plague infections …

Background Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of plague, a zoonosis associated with
small mammals. Plague is a severe disease, especially in the pneumonic and septicemic …

Yersinia pestis causes an acute infection known as the plague. Conventional techniques to
enumerate Y. pestis can be labor intensive and do not lend themselves to high throughput …

To develop a modern plague vaccine, we used hypo-endotoxic Yersinia pestis bacterial
ghosts (BGs) with combinations of genes encoding the bacteriophage ɸX174 lysis …

Yersinia pestis, a Gram-negative bacillus causing plague and Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) classified Category A pathogen, has high potential as a bioweapon …

Yersiniosis is common foodborne gastrointestinal disease caused by the enteric pathogens
Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. The mouse model of oral infection …

Yersinia pestis is a typical zoonotic bacterial pathogen. The following reasons make this
pathogen a model for studying zoonotic pathogens:(1) Its unique lifestyle makes Y. pestis an …

THE PLAGUE: MEDICAL AND HISTORICAL CHARACTERIZATION. REPRESENTATION IN
LITERATURE (CASE STUDY: “A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR Page 1 REVISTA …