Yersinia pestis is a Gram-negative bacterium that is the causative agent of bubonic and
pneumonic plague. It is commonly acquired by mammals such as rodents and humans via …

Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, has been well studied at the molecular and
genetic levels, but little is known about the role that host genes play in combating this highly …

We report that females of some substrains of inbred mouse strain 129 are resistant to
systemic plague due to conditionally virulent Δ pgm strains of Yersinia pestis; however, fully …

We have previously described SEG/Pas as the first mouse inbred strain able to survive
subcutaneous injection of virulent Yersinia pestis, the agent of plague, and we identified …

Laboratory mice are well known to be highly susceptible to virulent strains of Yersinia pestis
in experimental models of bubonic plague. We have found that Mus spretus-derived …

Yersinia pestis, the bacterial agent of plague, is transmitted to a mammalian host through the
bite of an infected flea. After deposition into the dermis, Y. pestis must subvert or prevent an …

Background. Although laboratory mice are usually highly susceptible to Yersinia pestis, we
recently identified a mouse strain (SEG) that exhibited an exceptional capacity to resist …

Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, has recently diverged from the less virulent
enteropathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Its emergence has been characterized by …

Plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, is a mammalian vector-borne disease,
transmitted by fleas that serve as the vector between rodent hosts. For many pathogens …

Yersinia pestis is the etiological agent of plague, one of the most devastating diseases in
human history. Because of the identification of the plague bacillus, the understanding of its …