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 …

Over the past decade, a genomics revolution, made possible through the development of
high-throughput sequencing, has triggered considerable progress in the study of ancient …

The second plague pandemic, caused by Yersinia pestis, devastated Europe and the
nearby regions between the 14th and 18th centuries AD. Here we analyse human remains …

Yersinia pestis, the bacterial causative agent of plague, remains an important threat to
human health. Plague is a rodent-borne disease that has historically shown an outstanding …

Over the past decades, infectious disease epidemics have come to increasingly pose major
global health challenges to humanity. The Anthropology of Epidemics approaches …

Madagascar is more seriously affected by plague, a zoonosis caused by Yersinia pestis,
than any other country. The Plague National Control Program was established in 1993 and …

Background Pneumonic plague (PP), caused by Yersinia pestis, is the most feared clinical
form of plague due to its rapid lethality and potential to cause outbreaks. PP outbreaks are …

Pneumonic plague (PP) is characterized by high infection rate, person-to-person
transmission, and rapid progression to severe disease. In 2017, a PP epidemic occurred in 2 …

Transmission potential and severity of pneumonic plague in Madagascar were assessed.
Accounting for reporting delay, the reproduction number was estimated at 1.73. The case …

The plague bacterium Yersinia pestis is lethal to endangered black-footed ferrets (Mustela
nigripes, BFF) and the prairie dogs (Cynomys spp., PD) on which they depend for habitat …